India: UltraTech has reported its highest ever June quarter for sales volumes, revenues and net profit. It recorded a 12% year-on-year increase in cement sales volumes to 41.3Mt in the period from ...

Australia: Green360 Technologies (G360) has signed its first binding commercial supply agreement with Holcim Australia for MKX-CC, its calcined clay product. The agreement outlines the supply of up to ...

India: UltraTech Cement has appointed Ankur Agarwal as Joint Executive President. He is the unit head of the integrated Manikgarh plant in Maharashtra. Agarwal previously worked for Ambuja Cements and ...

US/Canada: President Donald Trump has imposed a 50% tariff on a wide range of goods from Canada, including cement, for what he called ‘unequal treatment’ of US cars, dairy and alcohol. Trump invoked ...

Cement Europe welcomed the proposed changes, noting that they were an “acknowledgement of the need to maintain sufficient liquidity in the carbon market beyond 2040.” It also liked the inclusion of CO ...

Gabon: Cimaf is preparing to commission its third US$43m cement grinding line, scheduled for September 2026. The project was presented to the President of Gabon on 20 May 2026 by a delegation led by ...

Spain: According to the latest data by the Spanish Cement Manufacturers Association (Oficemen), 8.35Mt of cement were consumed between January to June 2026, 0.58Mt more than in the same period of 2025 ...

UK: Dragon Alfa Cement, a subsidiary of Cementos Portland Valderrivas that imports cement into the UK, has been fined €1.1m after one of its workers died after being crushed by equipment at the ...

Peru: Cementos Pacasmayo, a subsidiary of Holcim, announced today its consolidated results for the first six months of 2026 and the second quarter. For the six months, cement sales volumes increased ...

Vietnam: Bach Dang Cement officially commissioned the Lien Khe cement plant in Vietnam’s northern Haiphong City on 19 July 2026, marking the start of commercial production at the facility. The plant’s ...

Fletcher Building, parent company of Golden Bay Cement, said that the local government had granted its unit up to US$35m to support its Northland operations. The agreement provides certainty for ...

According to data from the Central Reserve Bank, El Salvador recorded a demand for 18.6 million 42.5kg bags of cement between January and April 2026. This represents an increase of 11% compared to the ...