Morocco: Cement sales rose by 10% year-on-year to 4.5Mt from January to April 2025, according to the Finance Ministry's Department of Financial Studies and Forecasts (DEPF). In April 2025, sales ...

Brazil: Votorantim Cimentos has received and begun installing a new cement mill at its Salto de Pirapora plant near São Paulo as part of its US$878m national expansion programme.

Cement prices were reportedly increasing before the earthquake due to a decline in production. Only six of the country’s nine cement plants are now operating, producing around 340,000 bags per day. In ...

Charlie Zeynel, advisor to ZAG Group, outlines the landscape for SCM trading in 2025. Global Cement (GC): What does the global landscape for supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) look like in ...

US: Fortera has achieved ISO 9001:2015 certification for its ReCarb Plant in Redding, California, which produces 15,000t/yr ...

Türkiye: Cement exports rose by 1% year-on-year to US$1.4bn during the first four months of 2025, according to the Turkish ...

Ghana: Cement manufacturers have failed to comply with a Cement Manufacturing Development Committee (CMDC) directive to ...

Indonesia: Semen Indonesia has appointed Indrieffouny Indra as President Director following its annual general meeting (AGM) held on 23 May 2025. He succeeds Donny Arsal in the role, who had been in ...

India: Grasim Industries has appointed Hemant Kumar Kadel as its Chief Financial Officer. He will start the role on 15 August 2025. He succeeds Pavan Kumar Jain.

Notable roles in Indrieffouny Indra’s employment history include President Director at Semen Padang from 2024 to 2025, Director of Operations at Semen Padang from 2022 to 2024 and Independent ...

Graph 1: Domestic cement sales and imports in Poland, 2019 - 2024. Source: SPC, Eurostat. Note: 2024 sales estimated.

Ukraine: The Interdepartmental Commission on International Trade has extended anti-dumping duties on cement from Russia, ...