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National cement supplies will significantly improve following the US$20m rehabilitation and restart of Khayah Cement’s clinker kiln, which resumed operations in early December 2025 after 26 months of inactivity.

Titan SA announces that it has entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire 100 % of Traçim Çimento Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi.

At the Indian company JK Cement, a new raw material mill with a capacity of 1,200 t/h will be put into operation. The drive power is 7,400 kW.

Holcim has completed two acquisitions of demolition materials recycling businesses and agreed to make a third, accelerating circular construction across Europe. The three companies have a combined annual permitted processing capacity of around 1.3 million tons.

Pakistan’s cement exports declined for a third consecutive month in November by a massive 26.53 percent to 590,183 tons on a year-on-year basis.

Ebonyi State Governor Francis Nwifuru has unveiled a landmark $604 million budget proposal for the 2026 fiscal year. A major highlight of the budget is the planned construction of a new state-owned cement factory.

India is introducing a new policy aimed at expanding freight transportation by rail as part of the growing demand for cement delivery in bulk. The new rate for bulk cement has been rationalised to Rs 0.90 per tonne per km. Earlier, it was based on different distance bands.