Brazil: Cement sales in April 2024 totalled 5.1Mt, up by 12% year-on-year. Compared to March 2024, sales rose by 4%, as ...

Amid these projections, CRH, which operates three plants in Ukraine, announced in summer 2023 that it aims to purchase two more from Buzzi's subsidiary Dyckerhoff. This deal is valued at €100m, with ...

Cement sales in Saudi Arabia recorded a 12.5% increase in April 2024 to 2.92Mt, up from 2.6Mt in 2023, despite the impact of Ramadan. This is according to a report by Aljazira Capital. However, cement ...

Spain: The Spanish cement manufacturers' association, Oficemen, and Siemens Energy have signed a two-year collaboration ...

Kenya: Cemtech, a subsidiary of Devki Group, has submitted an Environmental Impact Assessment report to the National ...

Ukraine: CRH has invested €465m in Ukraine since entering the country in 1999, €74.5m of it since the start of Russia’s ...

Nigeria: Finland-based Wärtsilä has signed a 10-year operations and maintenance (O&M) agreement for a captive power plant that provides the energy for Mangal Industries’ cement plant located in Kogi ...

India: Jaiprakash Associates has defaulted on loans worth US$553m, including principal of US$210m and interest payments of US$343m. The Deccan Chronicle newspaper has reported that the producer has ...

Uzbekistan: In the first quarter of 2024, local companies produced 2.3Mt of Portland cement, marking an 11.5% increase compared to the same period in 2023. This is according to the latest data from ...

In the 2024 financial year so far, total cement dispatches have risen by 2.5% to 37.5Mt, driven by a 65.4% increase in export ...

Germany: Heidelberg Materials has reported its 2024 quarterly financial report for January – March 2024. Revenue for this ...

Vietnam: Amid weak domestic demand and rising costs of electricity and coal, the Vietnam Cement Association (VNCA) is ...