Venezuela: In the wake of the earthquakes that hit Venezuela on 24 June 2026, the cement industry has warned that the cement produced in the country is not suitable for rebuilding homes, according to ...

Libya: Libya’s Privatisation and Investment Board (PIB) reported that its chair, Abdelaziz Al-Shawish, held a meeting with representatives of Lucky Cement to discuss the possibility of establishing a ...

Russia: Heidelberg Materials said that it plans to expand in Russia after previously saying that it had halted investments in the country due to the war in Ukraine, according to Bloomberg. The company ...

Austria: The domestic cement market has declined by around 25% over the past three to four years since the end of Austria’s recent construction boom, according to the Association of Austrian Cement ...

Pakistan: Cement dispatches rose by 7% year-on-year to 50.5Mt in the 2025 – 2026 financial year, that ended on 30 June 2026, from 47.1Mt previously. The All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association ...

Bolivia: Peru-based Grupo Gloria reportedly paid former Spanish prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero €200,000 for lobbying the government in Bolivia on its behalf for compensation relating to ...

Namibia: The government has granted permission for Cheetah Cement to buy Ohorongo Cement. Industries, mines and energy minister Modestus Amutse said he had overruled a decision by the Namibian ...

Morocco: Cement deliveries fell by 1.3% year-on-year to 6.8Mt in the first half of 2026. The decline to May 2025 was greater, June 2026 saw a considerable boost in sales, according to L'Economiste ...

France: Hoffman Green Materials sold nearly 40,000t of cement in the first half of 2026. This was more than the double the volume it sold in the first half of 2025. The company has also recorded the ...

Australia: First Graphene (FGR) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with The Sixth Element (Changzhou) Material Technology for the latter company to be its key distributor in China for ...

Australia: A train carrying cement has derailed close to Boral’s New Berrima cement plant on 4 July 2026. Multiple train cars came off the rails in the incident, according to the Illawarra Mercury ...