US: The Ste Genevieve plant in Missouri has achieved 10 years without a lost-time accident, according to plant manager Alan Greer via social media. The plant is owned by Amrize, Holcim’s US spinoff, ...

Belgium: Heidelberg Materials Benelux has begun production of the initial batches of Q-CEM, its calcined clay-based cement, at its cement grinding plant in Ghent, according to a social media post. It ...

Portugal: The Portuguese Cement Association (ATIC), in collaboration with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), has proposed the creation of a national carbon capture and storage infrastructure, ...

Managing director of BCG Lisbon Carlos Elavai said “The cement industry needs a viable solution by 2040,” arguing that Portugal should take advantage of the experience of other European countries to ...

Spain: Cement consumption rose by 8% year-on-year to 1.13Mt in January 2026, up by 79,000t year-on-year, according to data from Oficemen. In the 12-month period from February 2024 to January 2025, ...

Colombia: Cementos Argos reported consolidated sales of US$1.4bn in 2025 and shipped 9.3Mt of cement, similar year-on-year, reportedly affected by a slowdown in the housing segment in Colombia and the ...

Egypt: Egyptian ports will receive 206,000t of petroleum and coal for cement companies that rely on coal as fuel in the coming days. The shipments will arrive through Adabiya, Alexandria, Dekheila and ...

Indonesia: Solusi Bangun Indonesia has appointed Anwar Bakti as Head of Operational Performance Excellence.

Egypt: Lafarge Egypt has appointed Ramy Mostafa as Head of Operational Technology.

US/Ireland: For the fourth quarter of 2025, ending 31 December 2025, CRH reported total revenues of US$9.4bn, up by 6% year-on-year. Net income was US$1.0bn during the period, which represents a ...

Indonesia: Fuller Technologies has announced the supply of a new 8000t/day Cross-Bar Cooler 16×39 (partial cooler) for Indocement’s P11 plant in Jakarta. The scope includes the Cross-Bar Cooler, air ...

EU: Cement Europe has published updated environmental product declarations (EPDs) for CEM I, CEM II and CEM III under the amended European standard EN 15804+A2. The new EPDs replace the 2020 versions ...