Mozambique and China commit US$333m for two new cement plants
The governments of Mozambique and China have agreed to jointly invest US$333m in the construction of two cement factories in the northern provinces of Nampula and Cabo Delgado,...
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Taiheiyo Cement advances carbon-neutral strategy
Taiheiyo Cement has reported its strongest consolidated profit since the company’s formation in 1998, according to its newly released Taiheiyo Cement Report 2025. Group reven...
Holcim UK completes aggregate, RMC and recycled material acquisitions
Holcim UK has completed the acquisition of PJ Thory, Gemmix and Pro Minimix, suppliers of aggregates, recycled materials and ready-mix concretes to the construction market. The ...
Fecto Cement announces 5MW solar expansion
Pakistan's Fecto Cement Ltd has announced plans to expand its solar power capacity by 5MW, doubling its existing 5MW installation as part of a broader efficiency and cost-red...
PPC reports strong 1H25 performance
PPC Ltd has reported a solid operational performance for the six months ended 30 September 2025, with group EBITDA rising 23.5 per cent YoY to ZAR983m, supported by improved ...
Sampyo Cement achieves top-tier ESG rating
Sampyo Cement has become the first company in South Korea’s cement industry to earn an integrated A-grade or higher across all ESG categories for three consecutive years, acc...
Zimbabwe lifts cement import restrictions
The Zimbabwean government has lifted restrictions on cement imports with immediate effect in a bid to ease acute supply shortages and arrest rapidly rising prices, which have s...
Three workers killed in fire at Ambuja Cement plant in Rajasthan
Three employees have died after a blaze broke out at an Ambuja Cement plant in Beawar, Rajasthan. The incident occurred when workers were engaged in cleaning a hopper of ...
Heidelberg Materials expands Mid-Atlantic footprint with Walan acquisition
Heidelberg Materials North America has signed a binding agreement to acquire Walan Specialty Construction Products, a slag cement producer based in Wilmington, Delaware, streng...
TÜRKÇIMENTO International Technical Seminar opens in Antalya
The 18th TÜRKÇIMENTO International Technical Seminar and Exhibition has opened in Antalya Regnum Carya Golf Resort & Spa with more than together more than 600 industry repres...
Cement sales in Senegal see 3% uptick in 9M25
Cement demand in Senegal remained stable in August, noting a 0.9 per cent uptick to 510,500t when compared with 505,900t in August 2025, according to the country’s Ministry of ...
YTL Cement obtains Malaysia’s first portfolio-wide EPDs
YTL Cement Group has become the first cement and precast producer in Malaysia to secure Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) across its ECOCem®, ECOConcrete™ and precast...
Raysut Cement secures exclusive Somalia distribution deal
Raysut Cement Company SAOG has signed an exclusive US$45m distribution agreement with Mogadishu-based Barwaaqo Cement Co LLC to supply cement to the Somali market. The agreem...
Imports reported cause of Kenya's soaring construction costs
Soaring construction costs in Kenya have been attributed to the sector's reliance on imported building materials, according to industry professionals at the Big 5 Construct Keny...
Holcim adopts science-based freshwater reduction targets in Europe
Holcim has announced three new science-based freshwater withdrawal reduction targets, becoming one of only three companies globally to set freshwater goals under the Scien...
Gebr Pfeiffer wins Maschmeyer Concrete slag grinding order in Florida
Gebr Pfeiffer has secured a major new order from Redwing Materials, a newly established business unit of Maschmeyer Concrete, for the supply of a slag grinding plant at Port R...
Moroccan cement deliveries advance 16% in October
Cement deliveries in Morocco increased 16.4 per cent YoY to 1,516,473t in October 2025 when compared with 1,302,665t in October 2024, reports the country’s Ministry of National...
Argentina’s cement demand expands 8% in October
The Argentinian cement market expanded 7.5 per cent YoY to 968,372t from 900,698t in October 2025, according to data by the country’s cement association, AFCP. When compared wi...
Oil lower, petcoke discount higher towards coal – 2026 forecast
Forecasts for 2026 show that oil prices will likely be lower than in 2025. Because coal and petcoke prices are influenced by oil markets, these are also expected to be lower. T...
GCCA report highlights a 25 per cent global reduction in CO2 intensity
The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) used COP30 in Belém to call for closer industry collaboration on decarbonisation and to launch its Net Zero Action & Progress...
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