Saudi Arabia: Najran Cement awarded a US$13m contract to Sinoma International Engineering to build an electric grid connection project at its Sultana plant in Madinah province, under the Liquid Fuel ...

Syria: The General Company for Cement and Building Materials Industry and Marketing (OMRAN) received clinker shipments from Egyptian company Cisco on 7 March 2026, following a memorandum of ...

Daniel Stack, Electrified Thermal Solutions, explains the benefits of thermal energy storage systems for cement plants. Global Cement (GC): Please can you introduce Electrified Thermal Solutions to ...

France: Lafarge France, part of Holcim, will increase production of activated clay cement to 1.1Mt in 2026 after surpassing 0.6Mt in 2025. The cements incorporate up to 22% activated clay (CEM IV/A) ...

Colombia: Fitch Ratings upgraded Cementos Argos’ long-term national ratings on its ordinary bond and commercial paper issuance programmes of up to US$170bn and US$113bn to AAA(col) with a stable ...

Ghana: President John Dramani Mahama has commissioned ‘the world’s largest’ calcined clay cement plant in Tema, developed by CBI Ghana. The US$110m plant has a production capacity of 1.5Mt/yr of ...

China: China Resources Cement has appointed Yang Min as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). She succeeds Huang Hu in the role. Yang Min previously worked as an executive director and the CFO of China ...

US: Shipments of Portland and blended cement including imports in the US and Puerto Rico totalled 7.86Mt in November 2025, up slightly from 7.84Mt in November 2024. Shipments for the year to November ...

France: The front end engineering design (FEED) phase has been launched for Lafarge France’s eCapt-Rhône du Teil project at its Le Teil white cement plant, following the signing of an agreement with ...

Canada: Climate tech startup CURA is collaborating with Aecon Group to test, validate and pilot its low-carbon cement, which it claims can reduce emissions from production by as much as 85% compared ...

Türkiye: Çimentaş has appointed Gürol Ozer as its General Manager. He will be responsible for the overall management of cement, ready-mixed concrete, aggregates and waste management operations at the ...

Pakistan: Cement despatches increased by 13% in February 2026, reaching 4.20Mt compared with 3.73Mt in February 2025, according to data released by the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association.