Riyadh Cement flags cost rise after Saudi Aramco fuel price change
Riyadh Cement Co has warned that a recent notice from Saudi Aramco on adjustments to fuel prices used in cement production, effective 1 January 2026, will push up its operati...
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FLSmidth completes sale of air pollution control business to Rubicon Partners
FLSmidth has completed the sale of its Air Pollution Control (APC) business to UK-based investment partnership Rubicon Partners, closing the transaction on 30...
Shree Cement to build US$223m Maharashtra Cement plant
Shree Cement has announced plans to invest US$223m in a new 2Mta cement plant in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, as part of its three-year strategy to expand total cement...
Kohat Cement expands on-site solar capacity
Pakistan’s Kohat Cement Co Ltd has commissioned an additional 2.32MW on-grid solar power system at its plant , lifting total installed solar capacity to 17.66MW. The comp...
Hume Cement appoints new group managing director
Malaysia’s Hume Cement Industries Bhd has appointed William Tan Kok Siang as its group managing director, effective 1 January 2026, according to a filing with Bursa Malaysia. ...
Chile to implement technical standards for copper slag use
Chile is developing technical standards for the use of slags from copper pyrometallurgical processes, tailings and the steelmaking industry to standardise criteria and support t...
The global cement industry in 2025
Future historians may look back upon 2025 as the year when a new industry paradigm finally emerged, as the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) – launched in 2005 – prepared to...
West China Cement moves to acquire AfriSam
Chinese cement producer West China Cement has taken steps to acquire South Africa’s AfriSam , highlighting the growing push by Chinese industrial groups to expand across Afr...
Jindal Cement plans expansion
Jindal Cement is planning to quadruple its production capacity to 10Mt over the next two to three years, supported by an investment of approximately INR30,000m (US$360m). ...
Heidelberg Materials sells DRC cement business to West China Cement
Heidelberg Materials has agreed to sell its 91 per cent majority stake in Cimenterie de Lukala SA (CILU), a cement producer in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), to ...
Thailand uses green procurement to cut cement emissions
Green public procurement (GPP) in Thailand is evolving from an environmental policy tool into a key economic mechanism supporting the country’s shift towards a low-carbon econo...
Nepali cement exports to India plunge 92%
Nepal’s cement exports, a key contributor to the country’s export basket, declined sharply by 92 per cent last month, largely due to delays in the release of government cash su...
UltraTech Cement commissions 1.8Mta of additional cement capacity
UltraTech Cement has commissioned additional cement capacity across multiple locations, increasing its total production capacity by 1.8Mta. The expansion includes a 0.6Mta gr...
Bolivian cement demand stable in October
Bolivia’s cement consumption remained stable in October 2025 at 373,885t when compared with 372,710t in October 2024, according to data published by by the country’s statistics...
Energy market stable in December with falling petcoke-coal discounts
The energy market was fairly stable in December with relatively lower oil prices. Coal also presented a stable picture and is now hovering just below US$100 for API2 contracts....
CDP recognises St Gobain for climate commitment
St Gobain has been recognised for the second-consecutive year for its commitment to addressing climate change as it joins the CDP's Climate A List.
Peruvian cement market expands 11% in November
Cement dispatches in Peru increased 11.4 per cent YoY to 1.165Mt in November 2025 from 1.046Mt in November 2024, according to the country’s cement association, ASOCEM. Of this...
Adani announces plans for two new grinding units
Adani Group is planning a significant expansion of its cement footprint in India’s Madhya Pradesh state, with proposals for two new grinding units totalling 12Mta of capacity...
Southern Province Cement begins trials at new Jizan production line
Saudi Arabia’s Southern Province Cement Co has begun trial operations at its new production line at the Jizan Cement Plant . The company said that most construction phase...
Kyrgyzstan cement imports from China surge in 2025
Kyrgyzstan imported 28,700t of Portland cement from China in the first 11 months of 2025, according to data from China’s General Customs Administration. This represents a 480-f...
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