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In Mozambique, the construction of a clinker and cement production plant, valued at US$230 million, was officially launched. The project will be installed in Muxúnguè, Chibabava district of the Sofala province.

Construction work on a cement production project with an investment of 143 million U.S. dollars has started in Afghanistan's western Herat province.

Iraq’s Al-Qaim Cement Plant has reached its full designed production capacity of 840,000 tonnes annually, strengthening domestic cement supplies while increasing exports to neighboring Syria, the Ministry of Industry and Minerals announced.

This was announced by Alexander Dovgalo, CEO of the state-owned management company of the Belarusian Cement Company (BCK) holding, at the press conference “The Construction Industry of Belarus: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow. Results and Achievements.”

Holcim has signed an agreement with Huaxin Building Materials for the divestment of its business in the Philippines.

Dangote Industries Limited and Sinoma International Engineering Co., Ltd. have signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) worth more than $800 million to expand the Dangote Cement Plant in Itori, Ogun State, increasing its production capacity from six million to 12 million metric tonnes per annum (MTPA).

Kazakh cement producers manufactured nearly 7 Mt of Portland cement in January–July 2026, up 5 % year-on-year from 6.6 Mt in the same period of 2025.