Switzerland cement sales strengthening in 2025
Swiss cement sales jumped seven per cent YoY to 978,929t in 3Q25, up from 914,625t in the same quarter of 2024, according to data from cemsuisse, the Swiss Cement Industry Asso...
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Enagás and Cemex partner to advance maritime CO2 logistics for cement decarbonisation
Spanish gas system operator Enagás and cement producer Cemex Spain have signed a strategic agreement to develop a complete logistics chain for the maritime transport of carbo...
Dangote launches 3Mta Cote d'Ivoire plant
Dangote Cement has inaugurated a new US$160m cement plant in Attingué, Côte d’Ivoire, roughly 30km from Abidjan, marking a major step in its regional expansion. The facility...
Fecto Cement posts 69% profit growth in FY25
Fecto Cement Ltd (FECTC) has reported a strong financial performance for the year ended 30 June 2025, with net profit rising 69.10 per cent to PKR608.7m, up from PKR359.97m ...
Cement Carrier set for foreign replacement with job losses
Maritime unions in New Zealand are sounding the alarm over plans by multinational Holcim and Nova Algoma Cement Carriers Ltd (NACC) to replace the New Zealand-crewed cement ...
Filipino cement makers seek higher safeguard duty
The Cement Manufacturers Association of the Philippines (CeMAP) has urged the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to impose a safeguard duty of PHP600/t (US$10.30) on import...
White cement plant opens in UAE
Asian Paints Ltd has announced that its subsidiary, Asian White Inc FZE, has commenced commercial production at its manufacturing facility in Fujairah, UAE. This is part...
China announces two-year plan to boost building materials sector
China unveiled its plans for fostering the steady growth of its building materials industry in the 2025-26 period, targeting a CNY300bn (US$42.2bn) in revenue for the green buil...
Philippines Tariff Commission completes cement investigation
The Tariff Commission (TC) of the Philippines has completed its formal investigation into the importation of ordinary Portland cement (OPC) Type 1 and blended cement, recomme...
Ghana’s Trade Minister reaffirms cement Import licence ban
Ghana’s Minister for Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, has reiterated that no licences have been issued for cement importation since she took office, wa...
Indian cement firms given first legally-binding carbon intensity limits
India has introduced its first legally binding carbon intensity limits for heavy industry, a move expected to reshape the country’s cement sector and its competitiveness in exp...
Hungarian representatives in discussions on establishing Libyan cement plant
The Libyan Ministry of Industry and Minerals announced that Undersecretary Mustafa Al-Samou met yesterday with representatives of Hungary’s Rotary International Ltd at the Mini...
Germany unveils EUR6bn industrial decarbonisation scheme
Germany has launched a EUR6bn (US$7bn) funding program to decarbonise its heavy industry sectors, marking the first time carbon capture and storage (CCS) will be built into its...
Martin Marietta receives regulatory approval for Quikrete
Martin Marietta Materials Inc announced that it has received all necessary regulatory approvals for its previously announced asset exchange with Quikrete Holdings Inc.
Sinoma lands US8.7m solar project from Northern Region Cement
Northern Region Cement Co has awarded an US$8.7m (SAR32.63m) Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract to China’s Sinoma Overseas Development Company for the ...
YTL Cement advances circular construction with Malaysia’s first repurposed concrete facility
YTL Cement is reinforcing its commitment to sustainability through a series of initiatives designed to advance the circular economy and reduce environmental impact across the c...
JK Lakshmi Cement commissions new Surat grinding unit
JK Lakshmi Cement has commissioned a new 1.35Mta grinding unit in Surat, increasing its total installed capacity to 18Mta. The expansion follows efficiency improvements at th...
Dandot Cement reports PKR153m annual loss
Dandot Cement Co has posted a loss after taxation of PKR153.14m (US$548,000) for the financial year ended 30 June (FY24-25), following a difficult trading period marked by ri...
Schneider Electric expands AI-powered maintenance partnership with Holcim Romania
Schneider Electric Romania is advancing the digital transformation of the cement industry through an expanded partnership with Holcim at its Alesd plant, where it is implemen...
EEA report paints a sobering picture of industrial decarbonisation
The European Environment Agency’s (EEA's) 2025 review, Europe’s Environment and Climate: Knowledge for Resilience, Prosperity and Sustainability , paints a sobering picture of...
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