India: Ambuja Cements has started a strategic partnership with Finland-based Coolbrook to use its RotoDynamic Heater (RDH).

Zimbabwe: PPC Zimbabwe claims that the country could lose an estimated US$50m/yr in foreign currency if imports of cement ...

Vietnam: Thailand-based Siam Cement Group (SCG) says it is expanding the production of its SCG Low Carbon cement product in ...

Oman: Raysut Cement says that production overcapacity in neighbouring countries has led to excess supply in the local market.

Nigeria: Holcim plans to sell Lafarge Africa to China-based Huaxin Cement for an equity value of US$1bn. The Switzerland-based building materials producer owns an 83% share of the subsidiary. The ...

Many readers will be aware that Gautam Adani was accused of fraud by a US court this week. In a brief statement, Adani Group said that the allegations were “baseless and denied.” The indictment ...

Cyprus: Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou has appealed to both sides for a resolution to the ongoing cement workers' strike ...

US: Heidelberg Materials North America has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Giant Cement Holding, a cement producer on the US East Coast focused on using refuse-derived fuels, ...

Malaysia: Malayan Cement’s net profit rose by 45% year-on-year to US$31.4m for the first quarter of the 2025 financial year ...

Pakistan: Attock Cement expects that its cement despatches will decline by 10% year-on-year in the 2025 financial year.

Despite these issues there have been no significant changes in the price of cement due to the country’s use of commodity ...

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