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Syria’s General Company for Cement and Building Materials (Al-Omran) and UAE-based A³&Co. have signed a strategic cooperation agreement that aims to accelerate the transformation of Syria’s cement sector.

Mexico’s Cemento y Concreto Moctezuma released a 2030 roadmap, which aims to reduce CO2 emissions to less than 500 kg /t of cementitious materials. 

UltraTech Cement Limited, the country’s largest cement and ready-mix concrete maker, has operationalised a 7.5 MW round-the-clock (RTC) hybrid renewable energy project at its Sewagram Cement Works in Gujarat.

Denis Pasler, Acting Governor of the Sverdlovsk Region, visited the Sysert production of building materials, part of the largest construction holding company in Ural, Atomsk.

Votorantim Cimentos ended the second quarter of 2025 with growth in net revenue, profit and operating results, driven by higher sales volumes and positive pricing dynamics, supported by geographic and product diversification.

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.

Cement despatches increased by 30.13 percent in Jul-2025 as the total despatches during Jul-2025 were registered at 3.997 million tons against 3.071 million tons despatched during the same month of last fiscal year.