Saint-Gobain Africa has iaugurated a new fibre cement manufacturing plant in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, representing an investment of more than US$31.7m in local production capacity. CEO Aymeric d’Ydewalle ...

Sweden: Cemvision has completed a 1000m² industrial slab floor using its ‘near-zero’ cement product Re-ment Massive. The floor was cast in late 2025 together with flooring specialist Linotol, real ...

Zimbabwe: Shuntai Investments Pvt Ltd expects to commission its US$120m cement plant in Chegutu within the next six months, with construction reportedly 55% complete and most equipment already ...

Kenya: East African Portland Cement Company (EAPCC) plans to invest more than US$200m to raise cement production capacity from 1.3Mt/yr to almost 4Mt/yr over the next three years. The funding will ...

Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva visited Cimpor’s cement grinding plant in Santo Antão as the company advances a €8m project to reactivate and triple production capacity, according to local ...

Germany: Climatetech startup Co-reactive has closed a €6.5m seed funding round led by private equity firm High Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), with additional support from public programmes, including the ...

Bolivia: Cement producer Fancesa will begin exporting cement to Argentina under a new contract valued at US$1.5m, according ...

Exports fell by 33.5% year-on-year in November 2025 to 360,000t and declined by 10% year-to-date to 4.17Mt. Imports rose by 37% to 1.83Mt, driven by a 61.5% rise in clinker imports. Zaragoza said that ...

Al-Jouf Cement said it is currently evaluating the overall financial impact of these increases on its results, while also reviewing operational and technical measures to mitigate their effect.

Switzerland: Holcim has announced a strategic investment in Norwegian carbon capture firm Capsol Technologies, as part of its efforts to accelerate decarbonisation across its operations. Capsol’s post ...

Iraq: Dana Gas has secured long-term gas supply agreements to fuel cement plants in the Kurdistan region from 2027, under deals signed by the Pearl Petroleum Consortium with major industrial producers ...

India: Northern Railway’s Jammu Division marked a milestone on 23 January 2026 with the arrival of a cement shipment from Adani at the Chhann Arorian Goods Shed. The shipment comprised eight wagons of ...