Brazil’s cement market expands 9% in March
Cement sales in Brazil improved 9.1 per cent YoY to 5.789Mt in March 2026 from 5.306Mt in March 2025, reports the country’s cement association, SNIC. The association attrib...
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EU Climate Commissioner visits Ecocem flagship plant in Dunkirk
EU Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra visited Ecocem ’s flagship production facility in Dunkirk , France, to highlight the role of low-carbon cement technologies in Europea...
Nuvoco Vistas Q4 profit declines on higher costs
India-based Nuvoco Vistas Corp reported a 30.6 per cent YoY decline in standalone net profit to INR8.02bn (US$96.3m) for the quarter ended 31 March 2026, compared with INR11....
Community opposition mounts to proposed plastic burning trial at Birkenhead plant
Residents in Port Adelaide are expressing significant concern over a proposal by AdBri to increase the use of plastic-heavy refuse derived fuel (RDF) at its Birkenhead cement ...
Hollingshead Cement expands distribution reach with Terrell terminal
Hollingshead Cement, the bulk cement arm of SRM Concrete, has officially opened its newest terminal in Terrell, Texas. This strategic addition significantly grows the company’...
Soaring building material prices see construction output drop
March saw the sharpest MoM increase in building materials costs in nearly three decades in the wake of Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz. This resulted in a steep drop in c...
Peruvian cement deliveries expand 17% in March 2026
Cement dispatches in Peru advanced by 16.8 per cent YoY to 1.117Mt in March 2026 from 0.957Mt in March 2025, according to the country’s cement association, ASOCEM. Of this tota...
French court convicts Lafarge executives over Syria plant payments
A Paris court has convicted former Lafarge executives over payments made to armed groups to maintain operations at its Jalabiya cement plant in northern Syria. The case rela...
Argentina’s cement consumption grows 12% in March
Cement consumption in Argentina increased by 11.6 per cent to 825,930t in March 2026 from 740,195t in March 2025, according to the national cement association, AFCP. Of this to...
UltraTech’s Project Uday turns banana waste into rural wealth
UltraTech Cement ’s Project Uday in Tadipatri , Andhra Pradesh, is transforming agricultural waste into a thriving circular economy. Since February 2025, the initiative has ...
Oman Cement reports 1Q26 profit of OMR3.5m
Oman Cement Co reported a net profit after tax of OMR3.5m (US$9.1m) for the first quarter of 2026. The company recorded total revenues of OMR18.3m for the period, accordin...
Cimpor appoints Emre Toprak as Cameroon country director
Cimpor, part of TCC Group Holdings, has appointed Emre Toprak as country director for its operations in Cameroon. The announcement was made via the company’s official channe...
MAECONOMY raises EUR1.5m to turn construction materials into auditable circular assets
Dutch start-up MAECONOMY has raised EUR1.5m to accelerate its market infrastructure development for the circular built environment. The company transforms construction materials...
Adani to invest INR21bn in Odisha cement plant
India’s Adani Group has announced plans to establish a new cement manufacturing unit in Odisha, as part of a broader multi-sector investment programme in the state. The pr...
Swiss cement market sees solid start
Cement deliveries in Switzerland, including Liechtenstein, edged up 0.4 per cent YoY to 795,114t in the first quarter of 2026 when compared with 792,266t in the 1Q25, according...
Steppe Cement reports strong growth and market share gains in Kazakhstan
Steppe Cement Ltd has announced a significant increase in its market share within Kazakhstan for the first quarter of 2026, driven by a surge in both sales volume and pricin...
CalPortland announces temporary layoffs at Redding cement plant
CalPortland has announced a temporary workforce reduction at its facility north of Redding in the Mountaingate community, resulting in the layoff of 53 employees. The comp...
Bangladesh cement industry seeks major tax reforms to combat slump
The Bangladesh Cement Manufacturers Association has formally urged the National Board of Revenue to implement significant tax cuts in the upcoming budget to help local produce...
French court to rule in Lafarge Syria case
A Paris court is due to deliver its verdict this week in the case involving former Lafarge operations in Syria, where the company is accused of making payments to armed groups ...
Stanford develops volcanic rock cement alternative
Researchers at Stanford University have developed a low-carbon cement formulation based on volcanic rock that could significantly reduce emissions from cement production. Th...
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