Bestway Cement lifts FY2026 profit despite weaker operating performance
Bestway Cement increased its consolidated net profit by 7.1 per cent YoY to PKR25.57bn (US$90.4m) in the financial year ended 30 June 2026, despite weaker operating earnings ...
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Gangwon province partners with cement sector to boost workplace safety
A total of KRW1.03bn (US$0.7m) will be funnelled into regional support initiatives. The Korea Cement Association revealed on the 23rd that it has finalised the Gangwon Cement I...
AHL Research issues earnings preview for Pakistan's cement sector
AHL Research has published a special report on the upcoming financial results of Pakistan Stock Exchange–listed a few selected cement companies for the April–June 2026 quarter ...
MCi Carbon completes low-carbon concrete field trial
Australia-based MCi Carbon has completed a field trial of its Pozzlock synthetic pozzolan supplementary cementitious material (SCM) in concrete at Boral's Maldon Cement Works ...
Recycled concrete aggregates market set to more than double by 2034
The global market for recycled concrete aggregates (RCA) is expected to more than double in value over the next decade, driven by growing demand for sustainable construction mat...
Vicem Ha Tien Cement more than doubles 1H26 profit
Vicem Ha Tien Cement more than doubled its net profit in the first half of 2026, reporting VND216.1bn (US$8.48m), up 109.4 per cent YoY, on net revenue of VND4.12tn, an incre...
Alpacem Cement profit rises despite lower sales
Alpacem Cement , Slovenia's sole cement producer, has reported a seven per cent fall in revenue to more than EUR132m in 2025, while net profit increased by eight per cent to E...
Serbia extends Portland cement import quotas through end of 2026
Serbia has extended tariff quotas on imports of Portland cement through 31 December 2026, a decision that will directly affect supply lines from trading partners including Ukr...
Nigerian cement prices continue to rise despite Huaxin takeover
Retail cement prices in Nigeria continued to increase in July 2026, with 50kg bags now selling for between NGN12,000 (US$7.80) and NGN15,000 (US$9.75), depending on the produce...
Saurashtra Cement initiates 24-Day maintenance shutdown at Ranavav plant
Saurashtra Cement , in India, has initiated a 24-day, planned kiln shutdown at its Ranavav plant in Gujarat for annual maintenance starting 21 July 2026. While the temporary ...
Cement industry leaders to convene in Paris for Cemtech Europe 2026
Europe’s cement industry will gather in Paris from 7-9 October for Cemtech Europe 2026, a major international conference and exhibition focused on the technologies, policies an...
earth4Earth opens carbon-negative brick plant
Building materials developer earth4Earth has opened its first UK manufacturing facility in Sheffield, UK, marking the next stage in its plans to scale up production of carbon-ne...
Puerto Rican cement deliveries see 1% uptick in June
Cement dispatches edged up one per cent YoY to 58,110t in June 2026 from 57,553t in in June 2025, according to the Puerto Rican Department of Economic Development and Commerce....
Peruvian market expands 12% in June
Cement dispatches in Peru expanded by 11.6 per cent YoY to 1.129Mt in June 2026 from 1.012Mt, according to the country’s cement association, ASOCEM. Of this total, 0.999Mt was ...
Cemex receives EU antitrust objections over construction chemicals probe
Cemex has confirmed that it has received a Statement of Objections (SO) from the European Commission (EC) as part of the regulator's ongoing antitrust investigation into the Eu...
UltraTech Cement reports strong 1QFY27 earnings
UltraTech Cement has reported consolidated net sales of INR244.65bn (US$2.85bn) for the first quarter of FY2027, up by 16 per cent from INR210.40bn in the corresponding perio...
Philippines upholds anti-dumping duties on Vietnamese cement imports
The Philippine Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has rejected an appeal by Vietnamese cement exporter NCL Trading JSC against anti-dumping duties imposed on its exports of...
New tariffs on Canadian cement threaten cross-border building supply chains
A newly announced fifty per cent tariff on Canadian goods by US President Donald Trump will hit cement imports, raising immediate concerns over increased construction costs an...
UK concrete industry unveils landmark circular economy action plan
MPA UK Concrete has launched the Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP), an evidence-based framework for retaining the value of concrete throughout its lifecycle.
Coolbrook and ABB advance Adani Cement electrification project
Coolbrook and ABB have entered the industrial delivery phase of their partnership to deploy Coolbrook's RotoDynamic Heater ™ (RDH ™ ) technology at Adani Cement 's Boyareddy...
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