Spain: Cement consumption in Spain is expected to reach 17Mt by the end of 2026, 2% more than the previous year, according to estimates by Oficemen. It has lowered its initial forecast by one ...

Fiji: Pacific Cement has proposed a US$15.6m upgrade project for its plant in Lami, which reportedly includes a new cement mill, two new silos and a packing plant, according to local press. However, ...

Optimised conveyor belt management saves time and money, Thorsten Koth, ScrapeTec Trading GmbH. Presentation given at the 7th Virtual ...

Peru: National shipments totalled 1.1Mt in June 2026, registering an increase of 12% year-on-year and 11% in the accumulated ...

Brazil: Cement sales rose by 2% in the first half of 2026 compared to the same period last year, reaching 32.9Mt, according to the cement industry association SNIC. In June 2026, 5.8Mt were sold, ...

Cement sales volumes increased by 9% year-on-year in June 2026 and 5% month-on-month to 4.39Mt, reflecting a recovery from the decline in May 2026, according to Al Rajhi capital. Sales volumes in the ...

Armenia: Employees of Armenia's Ararat Cement plant staged a protest on 9 July 2026 after the facility remained sealed by investigators, leaving hundreds of workers unable to return to their jobs, ...

Switzerland: Swiss cement plants slightly increased their deliveries in the second quarter of 2026, according to the latest report by the cement industry association Cemsuisse. They supplied 1Mt of ...

The government has signed four financing agreements totalling US$148m for industrial and mining projects deemed ‘strategic.’ The investments are funded through the Diaspora Bond and are expected to ...

Germany: CI4C, the consortium comprising cement producers Dyckerhoff, Heidelberg Materials, Schwenk Zement and Vicat, has officially inaugurated its oxyfuel carbon capture project at the Mergelstetten ...

Kazakhstan: Steppe Cement increased its revenue by 43% year-on-year to US$63m after selling 978,950t of cement in the first half of 2026, up by 15% from 850,424t a year earlier. It said that higher ...