Germany: Heidelberg Materials announced its results for the first three quarters which ended on 30 September 2026. Revenue was recorded as €6.4bn, up by 10% year-on-year compared to the €5.8bn ...

Pakistan: According to the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association, cement sales in Pakistan increased by 0.4% year-on-year to 4.81Mt in October 2026. Cement exports, on the other hand, fell by ...

Germany: Holcim Germany has appointed Michael Kappes as the manager of its Kollenbach cement plant in Beckum. Kappes previously worked as Production Manager at the Beckum plant from 2025. Before this ...

Egypt: Royal El Minya Cement has appointed Mohamed Raafat as Industrial Director for White Cement. Raafat previously worked as a plant manager for associated company Cleopatra Cement from 2022. Both ...

Thailand: Germany-based KHD Humboldt Wedig has appointed Martin Lund as Senior Business Development Manager, based in Thailand. Lud is a long-term FLSmidth and then Fuller employee. His most recent ...

Oman: Holcim has invested in 44.01, a developer of mineralisation technology where captured CO₂ is injected into naturally reactive ultramafic rock formations, and mineralised into stable carbonate ...

Germany: Manuel Mohr has become the CEO of the German Cement Works Association (VDZ). He succeeds Martin Schneider, who is due to retire by the end of 2026. Mohr previously worked as the Head of ...

India: Mangalam Cement's net profit for the quarter which ended 30 September 2026 was reported as US$782,792, down by 63.2% year-on-year from US$2.1m recorded in the corresponding period of 2025. Net ...

Brazil: China-based Huaxin Building Materials Group signed an exclusivity agreement on 30 October 2026 to buy the Brazilian cement producer CSN Cimentos from Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN) in a ...

The USGS data shows that domestic cement shipments grew by 7% year-on-year to 40.8Mt in the first half of 2026 compared to 38Mt in the same period in 2025. Imports fell by 2% to 8.8Mt from 9Mt.

Palestine: President Mahmoud Abbas inaugurated Palestine’s first clinker grinding plant in the Nuwai’ma area of Jericho on 2 November 2026. The facility has a production capacity of 1.13Mt/yr.

Kenya: East African Portland Cement Company (EAPCC) has reported a net profit of US$12.2m in the financial year which ended in June 2026, down by 69% year-on-year from US$40m recorded in 2025. The ...