UK-EU summit signals ETS alignment intent, but no convergence yet
The recently-concluded UK-EU summit is being widely heralded as a step forward in post-Brexit cooperation, with leaders committing to closer alignment on climate policy. A join...
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Peru’s cement dispatches slip 1% in April
Domestic dispatches in Peru declined by 1.3 per cent YoY to 0.958Mt in April when compared with the previous year, when the country’s producers sold 0.97Mt, according to the na...
Titan Cement completes sale of 75 per cent of Turkish subsidiary
Greece-based Titan Cement Co SA has completed the sale of 75 per cent of Adocim Cimento Beton Sanayi ve Ticaret SA in eastern Turkey, the company said on Monday. Ti...
Senegal cement market contracts 12% in March
Cement sales in Senegal saw a 12.3 per cent drop in March 2025 to 556,589t when compared with March 2024 when domestic sales reached 634,954t, according to Senegal’s Planning a...
Chinese jointly-invested cement plant opens in Cambodia
A US$250m cement production plant, jointly invested by Chinese and Cambodian interests, entered operation in western Cambodia on 20 May. The 2.2Mta capacity plant, built on ...
Holcim launches grey cement and concrete range in Peru
Holcim has added Compañia Minera Luren to its portfolio. The Peruvian specialty building solutions producer has an annual revenue of more than US$40m and represents a step towa...
Tariff turmoil raises demand uncertainty, energy commodities continue trending downwards
The global markets went into turmoil after the US administration declared the new custom tariffs and their size. Presently, the impact on stock markets and the potential influe...
UK ETS at a crossroads ahead of EU-UK summit
The future of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS) hangs in the balance as the EU-UK summit gets underway today, with significant consequences anticipated for both UK Allo...
Brazilian cement sales slip 3% in April
Cement sales in Brazil declined three per cent YoY to 5.209Mt in April 2025 from 5.371Mt, reports the Brazilian cement association, SNIC. The largest drop was seen in the count...
Lafarge Africa facing lawsuit over planned Chinese sale
Lafarge Africa Plc has failed in its efforts to prevent the hearing of a lawsuit brought by a Nigerian company and shareholder attempting to stop its sale to Chinese company...
Saudi cement companies report reduced 1Q performance
Saudi cement companies Yanbu Cement Co and Northern Region Cement Co have posted a decline in profit for the first quarter of 2025 while Al Jouf Cement Co results saw net...
US cement demand to see pick-up in 2026
US cement consumption is expected to decline by 1.6 per cent this year, but a recession prompted by ongoing trade wars is not expected in 2025, according to the American Cemen...
Aalborg Portland awards Christian Pfeiffer with EPC contract for mill upgrade
Aalborg Portland ( Cementir Holding ) has awarded Christian Pfeiffer with the delivery and implementation of a new high-efficiency separator QDK-T 250-Z on an EPC basis, incl...
Mitsubishi UBE Cement prepares for Tokyo stock exchange listing
Mitsubishi Materials Corp (MMC) and UBE Corp (UBE) have announced that Mitsubishi UBE Cement Corp (“MUCC”, Ownership: MMC 50 per cent, UBE 50 per cent), an equity method affi...
Iranian cement stumbling on domestic difficulties and competition abroad
Iranian cement producers are under pressure from weak private demand at home and strong competition in export markets. Weakening economic growth, double-digit inflation and tig...
Argentina's cement market expands 18% in April
Cement consumption in Argentina grew 17.7 per cent YoY to 837,328t in April 2025 from 655,650t in April 2024, according to the country's cement association, AFCP. Domestic ...
BUA and Dangote freeze cement prices for Government project
Chairman of BUA Group , Abdul Samad Rabiu, on Thursday announced that the company has agreed to freeze the price of cement for all contractors engaged in projects under the Fe...
Cemento Yura inaugurates photovoltaic plant in Arequipa
Peruvian company Cemento Yura (Gloria Group) has commenced operation of a 30MW peak photovoltaic plant covering 45ha and comprising 51,264 solar panels at its plant in ...
Afrimat posts 37% revenue rise, but cement segment incurs losses
Afrimat recorded a group revenue rise of 36.7 per cent to ZAR8.3bn (US$454.6m) for the year ended 28 February 2025 from ZAR6.1bn, with the inclusion of the Lafarge business ...
India launches CCU testbeds in academia-industry cement collaboration
India’s Department of Science and Technology (DST) has announced a first-of-its-kind research and innovation cluster that will see the establishment of five carbon capture and...
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