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Jamaica’s Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator Aubyn Hill, said the construction sector is reporting fewer complaints about cement shortages as market conditions stabilize.

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 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.

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.

Cement sales in Brazil totaled 5.7 million tonnes in May 2026, down 1.0 % from the same month a year earlier, according to the National Cement Industry Union (SNIC).

Shuntai Investments has announced plans to build a second cement production line in Zvishavane, located in Zimbabwe’s Midlands Province. The EPC contract for the new clinker production line, with a capacity of 6,000 tonnes per day, has been awarded to a Chinese engineering company.