Colombia: The board of directors of Cementos Argos has approved a capital investment of over US$5m for 2026 to modernise and strengthen its cement, concrete and aggregates operations in Colombia. The ...

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 ...

India: Renaatus Procon will invest US$27.5m in the first phase of a new fibre cement board manufacturing plant in Andhra Pradesh. The facility is expected to be commissioned in 2026, and will have a ...

Germany: Matthias Mersmann, the Chief Technology Officer of KHD, has died. The Germany-based equipment supplier announced the news on 12 February 2026. Mersmann started the role of Chief Technology ...

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 ...

France: Vicat Group has released its financial results for 2025, showing what its CEO called a ‘solid’ performance in 2025, despite a ‘complex international environment.’ The group’s sales reached ...

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 ...