Peru: Heidelberg Materials has entered into a binding agreement to acquire a 70% majority stake in Peru-based Cementos Inka. The company was founded in 2007 and employs around 200 people. It operates ...

Morocco: Cement deliveries to Morocco reached 1.3Mt in August 2026, a decrease of 3.5% year-on-year from 1.35Mt in August ...

Dominican Republic-based Cemento Panam, a subsidiary of Grupo Estrella, has announced the acquisition of Cementos Fortaleza in El Salvador. The agreement includes the company’s plant in Acajutla, ...

Belgium: The Compagnie des Ciments Belges (CCB) celebrated its 120 th anniversary on 3 September 2026, and announced the acceleration of its CCBeNETZERO project. The company is owned by Cementir ...

Pakistan: Cement despatches declined by 0.7% in August 2026 to 4.04Mt, against 4.07Mt despatched during August 2025. According to the data released by All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association, ...

France: Vicat and Derichebourg Environnement will launch a new project through their jointly owned company VALèreCO dedicated to the production and energy recovery of solid recovered fuel (SRF).

Mexico: Cement sales in Mexico grew by 2% in the first half of 2026, with the industry confident that it will finish the year ‘quite well,’ according to Julio Cedeño, the general director the National ...

India: Member of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly Ardent Miller Basaiawmoit has called on the government to cancel an ...

France: Heidelberg Materials’ new kiln line at its Airvault plant in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region has produced its first cement, according to a post by Director of Cement Bruno Manivet on social ...

India: Bangalore-based climate tech start-up CarbonStrong has raised US$1.3m in a seed round. The start-up turns industrial ...

US: Tim Kuebler has been appointed as the Chief Growth Officer at Argos Materials. Kuebler previously worked as the CEO of Elementia USA from 2020 to 2025 and was the President & CEO of Giant Cement ...

US: Total shipments of cement, including imports, in the US and Puerto Rico in April 2026 were an estimated 9.27Mt, a 2% year-on-year increase. Shipments for the first four months of 2026 totalled 30.