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The Egyptian Government has held the 37th meeting of the Ministerial Group on Industrial Development. During the meeting, the group discussed the initiative to issue three new licenses for cement plants, each with a single production line, alongside expansion projects for existing cement factories.

The Chinese government has announced the implementation of a plan to extend carbon quotas to the steel, aluminum and cement industries. Carbon allowance prices rose more than 8 % to 66.86 yuan (9.40 USD) per ton, according to exchange data.

The cement terminal of CEMROS has started operating in Novocheboksarsk.

The inauguration of the Central Africa Cement SA (CAC) cement plant in in the Edéa 1st represents a major step forward in the strategy of industrialization and local transformation of the country's mineral resources

Cement production rose by 17.3% in the first half of 2025 to 4.85 million tonnes from 4.14 million tonnes in the same period of 2024 according to official data.

Construction of the third Ghori Cement factory in northern Baghlan province has begun, with a total cost of $86.7 million.

The US has increased its tariffs on cement imported from Vietnam to 20 %, effective Aug. 1, a move which is expected to significantly alter trade flows as the Southeast Asian country is the second-largest supplier to the US, just behind Turkey, according to industry participants and a White House statement July 31.