Bürger, has been appointed as Head of Mergers & Acquisitions and Special Projects for the Wietersdorfer Group, the parent company of Alpacem. In his new position, the 33-year old will focus on the ...

Canada: Carbon Upcycling Technologies, a producer of ‘next generation’ supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) has appointed Markus Kritzler as its new CEO. Kritzler will lead the the company’s ...

Russia: JSC Angarskcement, a subsidiary of Sibcem based in the Irkutsk region, produced 719,000t of cement in 2025, down by 7% year-on-year, according to Interfax news. Sales reportedly fell by 7% to ...

Pakistan: Cement despatches rose by 13% year-on-year to 4.54Mt in January 2026 from 4.03Mt, according to data from the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association. Domestic despatches reached 3.60Mt ...

Belgium: Medcem Cement Group and Euroports have inaugurated a long-term partnership at the TA168 Fertilizers & Minerals Terminal in the Port of Antwerp-Bruges. Euroports and Medcem Cement Group ...

Ireland: Mannok Cement has submitted plans for a ground-mounted solar PV power plant on about 100 acres west of its Ballyconnell headquarters. The producer will install steel-mounted PV panels, ...

France: Greece-based Titan has completed the acquisition of Vracs de L'Estuaire (VDE). VDE operates a 600,000t/yr grinding plant at the port of Le Havre in Normandy. Titan says that it plans to serve ...

US: Eagle Materials recorded sales of US$1.83bn in the first nine months of the 2026 financial year (FY2026), up by 2% year-on-year. A 5% year-on-year rise in costs, to US$1.28bn, offset sales growth ...

Afghanistan: A coalition of investors has expressed interest in establishing a cement plant in Kunduz, following a meeting with Mawlavi Habib-ur-Rehman Saheb, deputy governor of Kunduz, according to ...

Australia: Boral has entered an agreement with PNJB Group to support its cement transport operations in Western Australia, expanding an existing partnership covering Victoria and South Australia.

Peru: National cement shipments reached 1.15Mt in December 2025, up by 18% year-on-year and by 7% over the rolling 12-month period, according to the Peruvian cement association ASOCEM. Cement ...

Belgium: Holcim has paused the €250m ‘green transition’ decarbonisation project at its Obourg cement plant, which involved the installation of CO₂ capture, concentration and purification technology to ...