R2Crete secures funding for cement-replacement pilot
University of Melbourne spinout R2Crete has secured AUD750,000 (US$523,000) in pre-seed funding from the university’s Genesis Pre-Seed Fund and Uniseed to develop a concrete-r...
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Honduras implements cement registration rules
Honduras has introduced mandatory cement registration requirements, effective 6 October, alongside provisions covering product quality, labelling and storage. According to g...
Tokuyama completes cement-sales transfer to Taiheiyo
Japan’s Tokuyama has completed the transfer of its domestic cement and solidification-material sales business to Taiheiyo Cement , effective 1 October. The transaction...
Attock Cement proposes name change to Falcon Cement
Attock Cement Pakistan Ltd has informed the Pakistan Stock Exchange that its Board of Directors has approved a proposal to change the company’s name to Falcon Cement Limited ....
Melwa prepares Sri Lankan cement-market entry
Sri Lankan construction conglomerate Melwa has invested LKR6bn (US$18.2m) in a cement mixing and packaging facility at Seeduwa. Construction is complete, with products expected...
US cement industry urges Senate to pass permitting reform
The American Cement Association (ACA) has urged the US Senate to pass the bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026, arguing that faster federal permitting would s...
Dangote explores cement investment opportunities in Egypt
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met Dangote Group president Aliko Dangote in El Alamein on 3 October to discuss potential investment cooperation, including in the ce...
UltraTech surpasses 2GW of captive green power capacity
UltraTech Cement has increased its installed green energy capacity to 2024MW following the commissioning of 116.55MW of wind capacity at its wind-solar hybrid project in Barm...
Limestone cement helps cut UK concrete carbon intensity
The volume-weighted average embodied carbon of UK ready-mixed concrete fell by approximately five per cent in 2025, according to the latest Low Carbon Concrete Group Market Ben...
Çimko signs US$200m Aleppo cement redevelopment deal
Turkey’s Çimko , part of SANKO Holding, has signed an agreement with Syrian state cement company OMRAN to redevelop and operate the damaged Al-Muslimiyah cement works near Ale...
Italy and Czech Republic seek pause in free carbon allowance cuts
Italy and the Czech Republic have proposed temporarily pausing the phase-out of free EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) allowances for sectors covered by the Carbon Border Adjus...
Petcoke discount to coal fall sharply as prices continue their rally
Oil prices were hovering around US$100, coming back from US$110-112, based on possible talks between the USA and Iran as well as increased OPEC production. Petcoke is now s...
Cemex supplies cement for Torrevieja waterfront complex
Cemex Spain has supplied cement for Paseo del Mar, a new restaurant and leisure complex at the port of Torrevieja in Alicante, through Hormigones y Morteros del Sol.
Malaysia's CIS plans 550,000tpa expansion in Sabah
Malaysia’s Cement Industries (Sabah) Sdn Bhd plans to invest MYR120m (US$29.4m) in a second production line at its Teluk Sepanggar plant, adding 550,000tpa of cement capacity...
Bamburi targets cement supply deal for Lamu refinery
Kenya’s Bamburi Cement is pursuing a deal to supply cement and concrete products for the proposed 700,000-barrel-per-day Dangote East Africa Petroleum Refinery in Lamu. CE...
Bestway Cement plans to add solar battery storage
Bestway Cement Ltd (BWCL) reported earnings of PKR25.8bn (US$93.14m) in FY26, up 8 percent YoY from PKR23.9bn in FY25, according to its analyst briefing reviewed by AKD Secur...
Chryso and Ecocem unveil admixture for ACT cement
Chryso and Ecocem have unveiled EnviroMix 3150 ACT, a jointly developed superplasticiser designed for concrete incorporating Ecocem’s ACT low-carbon cement technology. ...
thyssenkrupp launches thyssenkrupp Polysius Solutions
thyssenkrupp launched thyssenkrupp Polysius Solutions GmbH on 1 October 2026 as a dedicated provider of plant lifecycle services, with around 180 employees transferring from Po...
Prometheus Materials strengthens leadership for commercial scale-up
US-based Prometheus Materials has appointed Filiberto Ruiz and Alan Wessel to its board of directors and Brian Chapman as director of technology to support the commercial scale...
Cement Europe backs waste incineration inclusion in EU ETS
Cement Europe has joined a coalition of businesses, trade associations and environmental organisations calling for municipal waste incineration to be included in the EU Emissio...
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