News

China’s National Development and Reform Commission, together with several other government departments, has announced the launch of a three-year campaign to modernize key industries, with a focus on energy conservation and reducing CO₂ emissions.

A new cement plant will be built in Chegutu, Zimbabwe, in September 2026. The project is valued at USD 100 million. Construction of the cement facility is more than 90 % complete, and the project is now moving into the equipment installation phase.

The Department of Trade and Industry of the Philippines has included cement imports from China and Indonesia in the list of deliveries subject to safeguard duties. The basis was that the share of these countries in the total volume of cement imports exceeded the 3 % threshold.

The introduction of an 85-percent electricity restriction for Iran’s cement industry could disrupt cement production and distribution, said Ali Akbar Alvandian, Secretary General of the Association of Cement Industry Employers.

Japan’s Taiheiyo Cement Corporation has begun supplying cement from Indonesia to the United States through SBI, a company in which it holds an equity stake. The first shipment was sent to Taiheiyo Cement’s U.S. subsidiary on June 1, 2026.

Cementos Avellaneda, which is a subsidiary of the Molins Group, has acquired a 70 % majority stake in construction products company Prokrete Argentina.

Minister of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan Yersayin Nagaspayev discussed prospects for cooperation in investment, industrial collaboration, and technology with Stefan Rouenhoff, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy of Germany.