Cement sales by the country’s 17 producers rose by 21% year-on-year to 13.1Mt in the second quarter of 2025, according to Al Yamama Cement. Local demand grew by 23% and accounted for 97% of total ...

Europe: Capsol Technologies has signed a contract to deliver a feasibility study evaluating the use of its CapsolEoP® (End-of ...

Spain: Cemex has appointed Oliver Chaddock as Trading Head for Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia. He has worked for Cemex in trading roles since the late 2000s, becoming a planning analyst in 2008 ...

Ireland: CRH reported second quarter 2025 sales of US$10.2bn, up by 6% from US$9.7bn in 2024, driven by acquisitions and commercial execution despite slowdowns due to inclement weather. Adjusted ...

Gebr. Pfeiffer will supply an MVR 3070 R-2 vertical roller mill to Ciments de Côte d'Ivoire (CIMCI) for clay grinding at its cement plant. The mill will produce 62t/hr of clay at ≤10% R 0.090mm for ...

City Cement says that the Capital Market Authority (CMA) has declined to approve its proposed acquisition of Umm Al Qura Cement. The decision was reportedly due to a lack of certain regulatory ...

Southern Province Cement recorded net profits of US$11.2m in the first half of 2025, down by 59% year-on-year from US$27.7m. Revenues fell by 11% to US$111m from US$124m in the first half of 2024. In ...

US: The government has imposed a 20% import tax on cement from Vietnam, effective from 1 August 2025, doubling the previous ...

India: The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the 100% acquisition of Jaiprakash Associates by Dalmia Cement (Bharat). The transaction is part of a corporate insolvency resolution ...

Tanzania: Elsawy Ahmed has resigned as the manager of Twiga Cement’s Wazo Hill plant. He had been in post at the subsidiary of Heidelberg Materials since 2017. He is now working as a technical ...

US: Amrize has reported financial results for the second quarter of 2025, noting its successful spin-off and listing of Amrize on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and ‘resilient’ results. Amrize ...

Japan: Taiheiyo Cement says it started using an artificial intelligence-based (AI) ship allocation optimisation system in May 2025. Software company Grid provided the technology for the project. The ...