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 ...

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 ...

Bangladesh to Zimbabwe. Only one industry announced two new cement plant projects: Afghanistan – which only had three plants to begin with! The plants, when operational, will be the 1.1Mt/yr Yatīm Taq ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Citizens and environmental activists gathered in the capital city of Skopje on 31 January 2026 to demand stronger measures against air pollution, particularly caused by operations at the Usje cement ...

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 ...