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According to the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA), total cement dispatches increased by 7.2 % year-on-year to 50.5Mt in the 2025–26 financial year, up from 47.1Mt in the previous fiscal year.

Nigeria’s Minister of Works, David Umahi, has called on cement manufacturers to immediately reduce prices, saying that the current cost of the product is placing pressure on ongoing infrastructure projects and increasing demands from contractors for contract variations. According to the minister, the federal government will engage cement manufacturers from July 1 on the issue of cement prices.

The Danish Energy Agency, Energistyrelsen, has signed a contract with Aalborg Portland A/S for the capture, transport and storage of 1.25 million tonnes of CO₂ per year. The agreement follows Denmark’s largest tender in the field of CCS — carbon capture and storage.

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.

Lucky Cement announced the groundbreaking of a second production line at the CIMKO plant in the Democratic Republic of Congo, developed in partnership with Rawji Group.

DINSON Industrial Group, intends to establish a US$15 million cement manufacturing plant in Manhize to boost local production of the building material and reduce imports.

The Syrian state-owned General Company for Cement and Building Materials Industry and Marketing (OMRAN) has begun receiving shipments of clinker from Egypt under an agreement with the Egyptian company. The deliveries follow a memorandum of understanding signed by the two parties in Cairo on January 29.