Pakistan: Cement despatches, including both domestic despatches and exports, rose by 16% year-on-year to 12.2Mt in the first quarter of the 2026 financial year, up from 10.5Mt in the same period in ...

Syria: The Ministry of Economy and Industry has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Iraq’s Vertex Investment Group to rehabilitate and expand the Hama Cement plant. The agreement covers ...

Malawi: Huaxin Cement successfully ignited its new 2000t/day clinker production line on 28 September 2025, marking the official start of trial production, according to a post on Linkedin by the ...

Jan-Willem Verkaik appointed as Project Director for carbon capture initiative at Holcim UK’s Cauldon cement plant ...

Canada: Progressive Planet has appointed Doug Brown as president and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at its subsidiary Progressive Planet Alberta. He has been on the advisory board of Progressive ...

Saudi Arabia: Southern Province Cement has appointed Saud bin Safar Al-Bargan as its CEO.

Heidelberg Materials announced this week that it had received the funding clearance to build a carbon capture and storage (CCS) unit at its Padeswood cement plant in Cymru (also known as Wales).

India: Dalmia Bharat, through its subsidiaries, has announced a strategic investment of approximately US$397m in Maharashtra and Karnataka. The company will set up a 3.6Mt/yr clinker unit and a 3Mt/yr ...

A waste-to-energy company Encyclis also announced this week that it had also agreed terms with the government for its Protos CCS project. It is worth noting the differences between Heidelberg Material ...

India: Gebr. Pfeiffer has officially inaugurated its new manufacturing site in India, just one year after construction began, according to a Linkedin post. The facility is positioned as a key addition ...

Bangladesh: The Coast Guard has arrested 24 smugglers and seized 850 bags of cement being trafficked by boat from Bangladesh to Myanmar in exchange for drugs.

Southern Province Cement has signed a 25-year solar energy power purchase agreement (PPA) with Tarshid Energy Solutions for its Bisha cement plant. The company said it will pay an average of ...