Fire accident reported at Akij Cement
A boiler explosion at the Akij Cement factory in the Ekrampur area of Bandar upazila, Narayanganj , Bangladesh, injured eight workers on January 10. The incident occurre...
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Emsteel profits jump on cement and steel sales rise
UAE-based building materials supplier Emirates Steel Arkan , trading as Emsteel, has reported a 209 per cent improvement in net profits for 9M25-26 thanks to an increase in st...
Taiheiyo Cement to close Vulcan Corp ready-mix concrete acquisition in 1H26
Taiheiyo Cement Corp announced that it would postpone the completion of its acquisition of Vulcan Materials Company's ready-mix concrete business assets in California to the 1H26.
Cambodia: licence issued for Kratie plant project
Cambodia’s Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has issued a licence for a new cement plant project in Kratie province with a registered investment value of US$286m. ...
TITAN to acquire Keystone Cement plant in US$310m North America expansion
TITAN Group has agreed to acquire Keystone Cement Co through its US-listed subsidiary Titan America , further expanding its footprint in the US Mid-Atlantic cement market....
Saudi Arabia Cement sales dip in December
Cement sales volumes across Saudi Arabia declined in December on both a YoY and MoM basis, reflecting softer demand toward the end of the year, according to a report by Al Rajh...
El Nahda Cement secure 27MW solar plant under 30-year PPA
IRSC for Renewable Energy Solutions has agreed to supply renewable electricity to Egypt’s El Nahda Cement under a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) linked to a new sol...
Bangladesh cement exports jump 20% in 1HFY26
Bangladesh’s cement exports recorded strong growth in the first half of FY25–26 (July–December 2025), with export earnings rising by 20.09 per cent YoY, according to data from ...
World Cement Association appoints Philippe Richart as CEO
The World Cement Association has appointed Philippe Richart as its new chief executive officer, effective 8 January 2026. Richart succeeds Ian Riley, who joined the associat...
Riyadh Cement to switch fully to natural gas by 2027
Riyadh Cement expects to rely entirely on natural gas as an alternative to liquid fuel in its operations by early 2027, according to chief executive Shoeil Al-Ayed. Speaki...
Asia-Pacific high-strength concrete market to reach US$139m by 2030
The Asia-Pacific high-strength concrete market is expected to growth from US$107.02m in 2024 to US$139.37m by 2030, representing a CAGR of 4.5 per cent over the period.
Italian cement strengthened in October
Italian cement output rose strongly in October, increasing nine per cent YoY, according to the latest data from Italian concrete association, Federbeton. This follows a five pe...
CIMAF to Invest CFA27bn in Gabon clinker production line
The Moroccan-owned cement manufacturer, CIMAF Gabon has announced an investment of CFA27bn (US$48m) to develop a clinker production unit in Gabon. This decision follows Gabo...
Beumer opens Chinese manufacturing unit
Beumer Group has inaugurated a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Taicang, China, strengthening its global production network and reaffirmin...
CIMPOR deploys private 5G networks across Portuguese cement plants
CIMPOR has completed the rollout of 5G Standalone Private Mobile Networks across all three of its cement production units in Portugal, marking a major step in the group’s dig...
Xuan Thanh Cement achieves higher export growth
Despite persistent challenges in the global cement industry, Xuan Thanh Cement has maintained strong growth momentum, recording a significant increase in exports that reinfor...
Platin works adds new caterpillar equipment
Irish Cement Ltd has strengthened its quarry operations at Platin Works with the introduction of two new Caterpillar 775G off-highway dump trucks and a Caterpillar 990K sho...
Norm Cement expands clinker capacity at Azerbaijan plant
Norm OJSC has completed a major capacity expansion at its Norm Cement plant, increasing annual clinker production from 1.76Mt to 2.0Mt. The upgrade represents a near 14 per c...
DR Congo witnesses ownership shifts and Chinese expansion
The cement market in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) is entering a decisive transition phase. Despite a relatively modest installed cement capacity of around 4.64M...
CalPortland Co names new president
CalPortland Co announced the promotion of its COO Bill Mullen to president, effective 1 January 2026. He will continue to work closely with CEO Allen Hamblen.
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