Earlier cement industry news and analysis from International Cement Review's global newsroom.
The ‘global status Report for Buildings and Construction 2024-25 – Not just another brick in the wall’ by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has found that 2024 was the first y...
Saint-Gobain posted sales of EUR46.6bn (US$50.9bn), down 2.2 per cent at constant exchange rates and -3.6 per cent like-for-like, in 2024 with a return to growth in the second h...
Holcim recently acquired Horcrisa, a major ready-mix concrete producer in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The acquisition is expected to increase its sales volume by ~300,000m3 per yea...
India-based ultratech Cement proposed to increase its presence in the construction value chain by adding a wires and cables segment to its existing building products business. T...
Cemex announced the opening of a new quarry in Shepperton, Surrey, UK, to strengthen its supply of sand and gravel in London.
Capital Concrete supplied a new low-carbon concrete for the construction of a new Storex storage facility in Sunbury, Surrey, UK. The new Re-ment technology, developed by Swedis...
Nigeria based BUA Cement doubled its revenue to NGN876.5bn (US$584.3m) in 2024 from NGN460bn in 2023.
The UK Mineral Products Association (MPA) has called out the considerable gap between government strategies on the future of some construction materials while overlooking aggreg...
Calderys announced it will invest in the construction of a new Innovation Center near its production facility in Neuwied, Germany.
Pan-United Concrete completed a mass pour of 10,250m3 of concrete, casting the 5m-thick raft foundation of The Skywalkers at 8 Shenton Way in Singapore.
Poland’s cement industry is under pressure to reduce CO2 emissions, with free carbon allowances ending by 2034 and gradual reductions starting in 2026.
USA based construction aggregate supplier, Vulcan Materials, reported a 4Q24 revenue of US$1.854bn, up 1.1 per cent from US$1.834bn in 2023.
Workloads in the UK construction industry fell eight per cent in the final three months of 2024, according to the latest 4Q24 State of Trade Survey by the Federation of Master B...
Malaysia, Indonesia and India’s construction markets are benefitting from new construction opportunities as the economic slowdown in China and increasing nearshoring activity wo...
Heidelberg Materials has signed an agreement with US based Pronto to deploy the company’s autonomous haul system (AHS) to over 100 trucks operating across more than a dozen site...
Cement prices in China are rebounding strongly as producers seek to improve profitability following intense price competition through 2023 and 2024. Cement prices rose by 21.2 ...
Air Liquide and Cementir Holding NV , through its Danish subsidiary. Aalborg Portland A/S, have officially signed the grant agreement from the European Innovation Fund for ...
Heidelberg Materials North America announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Giant Cement Holding, Inc (GCHI) and its subsidiaries, Giant Cement Co, Dragon ...
Shree Cement East, part of Shree Cement , has started commercial production of its clinker grinding unit at Nigoh Hasanpur, Etah, Uttar Pradesh, India. The new clinker grin...
The Indian government recently published the Economic Survey for 2024-25, highlighting the cement industry’s robust performance in the last financial year. India is the second-...
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