India: UltraTech Cement has appointed Jayant Dua as its managing director. He will start the role in April 2026. He succeeds KC Jhanwar in the role. Dua joined the cement business of Aditya Birla ...
Cement company shares prices in India fell this week due to energy supply concerns in the wake of the US-Israeli-led war with Iran. The situation appears similar, so far at least, to the energy shock ...
Peru: Cement shipments reached 1.04Mt in February 2026, up by 11% year-on-year and by 9% over the previous 12 months. Cement production was 0.95Mt, up by 9% year-on-year and by 6% over the previous 12 ...
Canada: Progressive Planet has developed a supplementary cementitious material named Planet LCD Cement, based on limestone calcined diatomite. The company said the material can replace up to 50% of ...
US: Utilities provider Georgia Power will extract and transport 2Mt of coal ash currently stored at its former Arkwright coal-fired power plant in Macon, Georgia. The ash is destined for Georgia Power ...
UK: Wirral Borough Council leader Paula Basnett will write to UK Energy Secretary Ed Miliband to urge the government to scrap the Peak Cluster CO₂ pipeline project, according to local press. The €69m ...
Türkiye: Limak Cement has produced and certified Türkiye’s first limestone calcined clay cement (LC3) at its Trakya plant, according to a social media post by the producer. It said that the cement ...
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 ...
Argentina: Cement despatches were 0.71Mt in February 2026, down by 6% year-on-year from 0.74Mt in February 2025 and down by 12% month-on-month from 0.79Mt in January 2026. Domestic despatches reached ...
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) ...