India: Traffic on the Rourkela-Sambalpur Biju Expressway in Odisha, was disrupted for 12hr on 19 January 2026 as protestors staged a series of blockades. Organised under the aegis of the Forum for ...

Kenya: The latest data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows that production of and demand for cement both rose significantly in the first 11 months of 2025. Production for the 11 ...

Fiji: Pacific Cement has temporarily halted cement production following another equipment failure, according to The Fiji Times. Parent company Fijian Holdings said in a statement to the South Pacific ...

Egypt: Sky Ports Group has announced the start of construction of a bulk cement export terminal within its multi-purpose facility at Port Said, with a total investment of US$50m. The project is ...

Australia: 20Mt of fly ash from the disused Port Augusta power station will be converted into low-carbon cement under the ‘Green Cement Transformation Project’, backed by a US$8m concessional loan ...

Afghanistan: Murat Dikmen, the Turkish consul general based in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, has announced plans for the construction of a cement plant in northern Jowzjan province with an investment of ...

Mexico: Cemex has been named on CDP’s 2025 ‘A List’ for climate action, the highest rating awarded by the global environmental disclosure platform for corporate transparency and performance on climate ...

Riyadh Cement expects to fully rely on natural gas as a substitute for liquid fuel in its operations from the beginning of ...

India: The Cement Manufacturers' Association (CMA) has elected Parth Jindal as president. Raghavpat Singhania has been ...

Serbia: Titan Group has signed a new long-term agreement with Electric Power of Serbia (EPS) to accelerate the expansion of its alternative cementitious materials (ACM) platform. Under the 10-year ...

Serbia: The government has adopted a six-month measure to limit imports of Portland cement and certain steel products in an ...

Switzerland: The Swiss cement industry supplied 946,465t of cement in the fourth quarter of 2025, contributing to a full-year total of 3.7Mt, up by around 4% compared to 2024, according to the Swiss ...