US: Total shipments of Portland and blended cement, including imports, reached an estimated 9.83Mt in September 2025, marking a 10% year-on-year increase, according to data from the USGS. However, ...

Mexico: Authorities have regained control of the Cruz Azul cement plant in Tula de Allende, Hidalgo, after a five-year internal dispute. The facility has been out of operation since 2022 due to a ...

China: Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions in China declined by 1% in the final quarter of 2025, bringing the annual total down by an estimated 0.3%, according to Carbon Brief. This marks nearly two ...

UK: Heidelberg Materials UK has introduced the Volvo L120 Electric wheel loader at its Nuneaton Packed Products site, marking the model’s first deployment in the country. The company said that the ...

UK: The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has raised renewed concerns over the UK’s proposed Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), which will see importers of cement and other hard-to-abate ...

The long-running debate over the price of cement in Nigeria flared up again once more this week. Think tank Agora Policy published a report on the local cement sector and it blamed the structure of ...

Agora Policy published its report entitled ‘Market Power and Failure of Competition Policy in Nigeria’s Cement Industry,’ in early February 2026. It is well worth a read. It questions why the price of ...

US: Mike Ireland has announced his retirement as the president and CEO of the American Cement Association (ACA). He has been in post since 2017. The association has formed a search committee to find a ...

US: Amrize has appointed Andres Navarro Martinez as the plant manager of its Hagerstown cement plant in Maryland. Navarro Martinez has worked as an Area Manager for Amrize since mid-2025. Before this ...

Peru: Domestic cement shipments reached 1.13Mt in January 2026, up by 14% year-on-year and 9% higher on a 12-month cumulative basis, according to the Association of Cement Producers (Asocem). The ...

Qatar: Al Khalij Cement Company (AKCC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Qatar’s Public Works Authority (Ashghal) to recycle 100% of the sludge generated by the country’s wastewater ...

India: The Ahmedabad Bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has cleared the proposed merger of Sanghi Industries Limited with Ambuja Cements Limited, a crucial step in Adani Group's rapid ...