Saudi Arabia’s cement dispatch up 2.3% in 01M 2026
In the first months in 2026, Saudi Arabia’s cement dispatch (local dispatch and exports) increased by +2.3% to 5.114 Mt, after 5.001 Mt in the same period last year and 4.663 Mt in the year before.
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US Cement imports down -5.1% in 09M 2025
In the first 09 months in 2025 the US cement imports (Portland and blended cements) declined by -5.1% to 14.258 Mt, after 15.025 Mt in the last year and 15.593 Mt in the year before.
Nigeria’s Dangote targets 66.4 Mta capacity by 2028
Nigeria’s Dangote Cement revealed its capacity expansion targets by 2028. Accordingly, the cement capacity shall be increased from 55.0 Mta last year (Photo: 1.5 Mta plant in Zambia) and the commissioning of the first 1.5 Mta phase of the Ivory…
US Cement dispatch down -0.9% in 09M 2025
In the first 09 months in 2025 the US cement dispatch (Portland, blended and masonry cement) declined by -0.9% to 63.668 Mt, after 64.268 Mt in the last year and 68.702 Mt in the year before.
Peru’s cement production up +3.6% in 01M 2026
In the first months in 2026, Peru’s cement production increased by +12.5% YoY to 0.975 Mt, after 0.867 Mt in the same period last year and 0.924 Mt in the year before.
Sweden’s Salt X received US$ 1.5m R&D grant
Swedens’s Salt X Technology announced the launch of their multi-plasma upgrade project, which aims to scale the patented electric plasma calcination technology to 1 Mta capacity. The grant has been provided by Frontier Climate, which was founded to accelerate carbon…
Saudi Arabia’s cement dispatch up 10.0% in year 2025
In the year 2025, Saudi Arabia’s cement dispatch (local and exports) increased by +10.0% to 56.257 Mta, after 51.149 Mta in 2024 and 49.337 Mta in the 2023.
Germany’s cement prices +0.1% MoM in December 2025
In December 2025, the ex-works average cement prices in Germany (calculated from cement sales volumes and cement T/O) increased by 0.1% MoM to 114.27 €/t, after 114.19 €/t in November and 115.54 €/t in October.
Membrane CCS at Höver in Germany under construction
At the Höver cement plant of Holcim in Germany a membrane CCS technology by Cool Planet Technologies (CPT) is under construction. After initial tests 2 year ago, in the 2nd phase of the project, about 10 kta of CO2 shall…
Germany’s cement production up +0.6% in year 2025
In the year 2025, Germany’s cement production increased by +0.6% to 24.404 Mta, after 24.268 Mta in 2024 and 25.513 Mta in the 2023.