The group’s 1.5Mt/yr clinker grinding plant in Douala, Cameroon, sold 687,000t of cement in the first half of 2025, down by 3% from 710,000t in the same period of 2024. Dangote Cement attributed the ...

Pakistan: Thatta Cement has approved the issuance of a US$19.5m Sukuk, a type of financial bond that complies with Sharia law, to finance the expansion of its production capacity or to acquire an ...

Egypt: The government has announced a series of measures to stabilise the cement market following a period of price increases ...

Indonesia: Domestic cement sales dropped by 3% year-on-year to 27.7Mt in the first half of 2025, down from 28.5Mt in the same period of 2024, according to the Indonesian Cement Association (ASI).

Spain: IKN is progressing with its satellite replacement project at Grupo Cementos Portland Valderrivas’ Fábrica Els Monjos plant. The project includes the replacement of a cooler with an IKN grate ...

We congratulate Axians IAS on its 1000th implementation and wish them continued success with the next 1000 deployments.” ...

Algeria: The Souakri Group has signed a one-year agreement with a Libyan partner to supply cement by land and sea during the Intra-African Trade Fair in Algiers. The deal is valued at US$51m.

Spain: Oficemen has elected Ricardo de Pablos as its president. He succeeds Alan Svaiter, the CEO Spain of Votorantim Cimentos, who has been in post since mid-2023. De Pablos is the CEO of Holcim ...

Vietnam: The country exported 19.8Mt of cement and clinker worth US$745m in the first seven months of 2025, up by 9% in volume and 7% in value year-on-year, according to the General Department of ...

Myanmar: The Myanmar Cement Manufacturers Association held a coordination meeting at the Ministry of Industry in Nay Pyi Taw on 9 September 2025. Union Minister for Industry Charlie Than said that the ...

By region, the Southeast remained the largest market, selling 2.75Mt of cement in August 2025 (down by 2% year-on-year), followed by the Northeast with 1.26Mt (down by 0.6%), the South with 940,000t ...

Al Jouf Cement has appointed Samir Mohammed Al- Rehaili as its CEO. He succeeds Mansour bin Ibrahim Al-Habda, who was appointed as Acting CEO in July 2025. Al-Ruhaili holds over 20 years of ...