Cement Europe welcomed the proposed changes, noting that they were an “acknowledgement of the need to maintain sufficient liquidity in the carbon market beyond 2040.” It also liked the inclusion of CO ...

India: UltraTech Cement has appointed Ankur Agarwal as Joint Executive President. He is the unit head of the integrated Manikgarh plant in Maharashtra. Agarwal previously worked for Ambuja Cements and ...

Vietnam: Bach Dang Cement officially commissioned the Lien Khe cement plant in Vietnam’s northern Haiphong City on 19 July 2026, marking the start of commercial production at the facility. The plant’s ...

US/Canada: President Donald Trump has imposed a 50% tariff on a wide range of goods from Canada, including cement, for what he called ‘unequal treatment’ of US cars, dairy and alcohol. Trump invoked ...

India: JK Cement has partnered with Billion Electric to deploy more than 150 heavy-duty electric trucks during its current financial year, which began in June 2026, to decarbonise its operations. The ...

UK: Dragon Alfa Cement, a subsidiary of Cementos Portland Valderrivas that imports cement into the UK, has been fined €1.1m after one of its workers died after being crushed by equipment at the ...

Spain: According to the latest data by the Spanish Cement Manufacturers Association (Oficemen), 8.35Mt of cement were consumed between January to June 2026, 0.58Mt more than in the same period of 2025 ...