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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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) ...

Colombia: Fitch Ratings upgraded Cementos Argos’ long-term national ratings on its ordinary bond and commercial paper issuance programmes of up to US$170bn and US$113bn to AAA(col) with a stable ...