Vicat completes majority acquisition of Cimento Planalto
Vicat Group has successfully completed its transaction with the shareholders of Cimento Planalto (Ciplan), securing a majority stake of 64.74 per cent in the Brazilian ceme...
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Pakistan records mixed export results for 1HFY26
Pakistan recorded a mixed trend in cement and clinker exports during the first half of FY26 (July–December 2025), according to data from the Pakistan Burea...
Christian Pfeiffer mill arrives in North Dakota
A complex project cargo operation has been successfully completed with the delivery of a large Christian Pfeiffer mill from Tangshan, China, to North Dakota, USA. The shipment ...
Holcim appoints new manager for Tilbury Works
Holcim UK has announced the appointment of Krish Patel as plant manager of its new Tilbury Cement Works, a state-of-the-art facility currently under construction at the Port of...
Heidelberg Materials expects a strong performance in 2026
Heidelberg Materials expects a solid operating performance in 2026, with improving cement volumes and margins across key markets, according to group chief executive Dr Dominik...
Australia's ready-mix concrete market reach US$112bn by 2033
Urban growth, sustainable construction and robust infrastructure pipelines are expected to drive the Australian ready-mix concrete (RMC) market to reach a market value of up to ...
Dalmia Bharat commissions 3.6Mta clinker unit in Assam
Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd (DCBL) has commissioned a new clinker production unit with a capacity of 3.6Mta at its Umrangso plant in Assam, in line with its planned project...
Egypt approves three new cement licences
Egypt’s Ministerial Group for Industrial Development has approved the issuance of three new licences to establish cement factories, each with a single production line, alongsid...
Nigercem revival delays blamed on Ibeto trade
The Ebonyi State Government has accused Cletus Ibeto, the major shareholder of the defunct Nigercem Cement Co, of obstructing efforts to revive the factory, amid growing tensio...
Indian cement demand accelerated in 2025 and will remain strong
Indian cement consumption grew 9.2 per cent YoY in 2025, amounting to 485Mt. This was a robust acceleration from growth of 6.2 per cent YoY in 2024. India is the second largest...
Azerbaijan cement output edges up in 2025
Azerbaijan’s cement production increased modestly in 2025, even as output across the wider construction materials sector declined, according to data from the State Statistical ...
VTG brings new-build iWagons into UK service
VTG Rail UK has reached a key commercial and operational milestone with the first new-build iWagons entering service in the UK for long-standing custome...
Russian cement producers cut output amid weak demand and rising imports
Russian cement producers are facing mounting pressure from weak domestic demand and rising import competition, with major producer Cemros suspending or scaling back operatio...
Holcim appoints Krish Patel as Tilbury Cement Works plant manager
Holcim UK has appointed Krish Patel as plant manager of its new Tilbury Cement Works, currently under construction at the Port of Tilbury and scheduled to open in summer 2026...
US construction material prices up in November
Construction input prices increased 3.4 per cent YoY and 0.6 per cent MoM in November, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of the US Bureau of Labor Sta...
Cement demand in Bolivia falls 10% in November
Bolivian cement consumption declined 10.2 per cent YoY in November 2025 from 381,689t to 342,566t, according to the national statistics agency, INE. In Santa Cruz, the seco...
UltraTech expands with seven Gebr Pfeiffer mills
UltraTech Cement is strengthening its growth strategy with a major investment in advanced grinding technology, ordering seven vertical roller mills from Germany-based Gebr Pf...
Philippines’ trade department implements three-year cement import safeguard
The Philippine Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has imposed definitive general safeguard measures on imports of ordinary Portland cement and blended cement, following a f...
Vietnamese court to try former VICEM executives
Vietnam’s Hanoi People’s Court will open a first-instance trial on 26 January involving senior officials of Vietnam Cement Corporation ( VICEM ) over alleged violations linked ...
Coolbrook names Robin von Plettenberg to board
Helsinki-based Coolbrook has appointed Robin von Plettenberg to its board of directors with immediate effect, strengthening governance as the company advances the industrial de...
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