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 ...

Germany: Heidelberg Materials has announced that it will permanently close its 0.4Mt/yr-capacity Paderborn cement plant in North Rhine-Westphalia due to a ‘significant’ decline in cement sales driven ...

Kenya: The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) has said that cement demand in Kenya will rise by 7-8%/yr as the economy expands and the government advances its Affordable ...

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: 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) ...

Spain: Researchers at the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT) are developing predictive models using artificial intelligence (AI) to produce cementitious material from construction and ...

Türkiye: Titan has completed the acquisition of 100% of Traçim Çimento following the agreement announced on 11 December 2025. The acquisition includes a cement plant with a production capacity 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 ...

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 ...

Switzerland: Holcim has announced several changes to its Executive Committee. Simon Kronenberg, currently Region Head Central and East Europe, has been appointed as Region Head of Latin America.

Brazil: Cement sales were 5.30Mt in January 2026, up by 1% year-on-year and 8% higher than in December 2025, according to preliminary industry data from SNIC. Average daily sales reached 0.22Mt, ...

Nigeria: Dangote Cement has signed a US$1bn agreement with China’s Sinoma Engineering to develop 12 projects across seven African countries, targeting a production capacity of 80Mt/yr by 2030. The ...