Natural sand supply in Latin America tightens
Restrictions on natural sand extraction, implemented by the governments of Mexico, Brazil, Chile and Peru, are limiting or banning production of river and beach sand mining to a...
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Cement sales in Brazil decline 1% in May
Cement dispatches in the Brazilian market slipped 0.9 per cent to 5.714Mt in May 2026 from 5.767Mt in the year-ago period, according to SNIC, the country’s cement association. ...
Holcim Poland achieves 100% alternative fuel clinker test
Holcim Polska has successfully completed a technological trial at its Malogoszcz cement plant demonstrating clinker production using 100 per cent alternative fuels and elim...
Iraq tenders three cement plant projects
Iraq's state-owned Iraq Cement Company (ICSC) has invited bids for three cement plant projects aimed at expanding the country's production capacity. The deadline for submissi...
Holcim launches industrial scale carbon capture testing platform
Holcim has introduced the cement industry's first industrial-scale carbon capture test platform at its Martres-Tolosane facility in France, designed to field-test and vali...
Belarusian Cement plants to repay over BYN38m
The Council of Ministers has issued Resolution Number 285 to establish the exact amount that domestic cement plants must repay to the republican budget in 2026. The official d...
Hoffmann Green unveils H-CLAY technology for clinker-free cement
France-based Hoffmann Green Cement Technologies has launched H-CLAY, a new technology designed to enhance the use of clay in the production of its zero per cent clinker cements...
Heidelberg Materials orders autonomous haulage system for Australian quarry
Heidelberg Materials awards Epiroc AB, a leading productivity and sustainability partner for the mining and infrastructure industries, with a contract to adapt and implement aut...
Argentinian cement demand slips in May
Cement demand in Argentina declined 1.3 per cent YoY in May 2026 to 806,900t from 817,412t, reports the country’s cement association, AFCP. This includes 179t of imports, almos...
Aalborg Portland secures EUR2.2bn CCS subsidy for ACCSION project
Aalborg Portland , a subsidiary of Cementir Holding , has signed an agreement with the Danish Energy Agency to receive a carbon capture subsidy for its ACCSION carbon capture...
Spain’s cement market expands 13% in April
Cement consumption in Spain increased 13.2 per cent to 1,446,168t in April 2026 when compared with April 2025, according to Infocemento. However, cement exports continue to...
Dalmia Bharat Cement launches specialised Weather 365 in eastern India
Dalmia Bharat Cement has launched a super-premium water-repellent product named Weather 365. This new brand targets rising consumer demand for weather-resilient housing solu...
Sinoma commissions roller press in Saudi Arabia
Sinoma Technology and Equipment Middle East is proud to announce the successful commissioning and acceptance of the high-capacity cement roller press grinding system TRP220-160...
Chinese investors explore cement plant project in Kyrgyzstan
Representatives of Chinese companies Xintai Yanlin Cement and Xintai Taixin Mechanical Equipment have discussed plans to develop a cement plant in Kyrgyzstan during a meeting w...
KHD appoints Seemann as Managing Director of Humboldt Wedag
KHD Humboldt Wedag has appointed Dr Stefan Seemann as Managing Director of Humboldt Wedag GmbH and Head of its Centre of Excellence, effective 15 June 2026. Seemann previous...
Dispatches of building materials in the UK continue to decline
UK deliveries of concrete blocks and bricks have seen further decreases, according to the Office of National Statistics, falling 10.7 per cent YoY in April 2026. The sale of bri...
PPC reports second year of strong earnings growth
South Africa-based PPC reported a second consecutive year of strong financial improvement in the year ended 31 March 2026, with EBITDA rising by 31 per cent to ZAR2.08bn (US$...
QazCem Industries begins construction of 1.3Mta cement plant in Kazakhstan
Construction has begun on a new 1.3Mta cement plant in Kazakhstan's Aktobe region, according to local authorities. The US$176.9m project is being developed by QazCem Industr...
Turkmenistan to launch 1Mta capacity cement plant
Turkmenistan will commission a new cement plant in the Baharden etrap of the Ahal velayat this calendar year. President Serdar Berdimuhamedov announced the project during the ...
Dangote Cement enhances fleet safety measures across Nigeria
Dangote Cement Transport has expanded its tech-backed safety programmes. The initiative strengthens governance, accountability, and driver training. Silva announced automate...
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