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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Peru: Cementos Pacasmayo, a subsidiary of Holcim, announced today its consolidated results for the first six months of 2026 and the second quarter. For the six months, cement sales volumes increased ...

According to data from the Central Reserve Bank, El Salvador recorded a demand for 18.6 million 42.5kg bags of cement between January and April 2026. This represents an increase of 11% compared to the ...

Australia: Adbri’s cement plant in Adelaide has received approval to burn more plastic waste as alternative fuel for its kiln, in a decision a local council is seeking to challenge in the courts, ...

Around 1000 residents of Katunayake staged a protest on 19 July 2026 against a proposed grinding plant on the Columbo-Katunayake road near Sri Lanka’s international airport. Protesters said that the ...

Fletcher Building, parent company of Golden Bay Cement, said that the local government had granted its unit up to US$35m to support its Northland operations. The agreement provides certainty for ...

Switzerland/India: Coolbrook and ABB have announced the next phase of their partnership: to deliver an industrial-scale deployment of Coolbrook’s RotoDynamic Heater™ for Adani Cement’s Boyareddypalli ...

India: JK Cement reported a net profit of US$28.8m in the first quarter of the 2027 financial year, down by 15% year-on-year ...

Vietnam: The country exported 2.9Mt of cement and clinker worth US$111m in June 2026, up by 9% in volume and 5.5% in value ...

Kyrgyzstan: The production of construction materials in Kyrgyzstan has increased by 33% according to Ainura Mamanova, head of ...