India’s UltraTech Cement plans to expand their cement capacity in India from 183.4 Mta in FY25 to 197.5 Mta in FY26 and 212.2 Mta by FY27. In this FY with the commissioning of 6 brownfield projects about 3.5 Mta have…
India’s JK Cement announced the expansion of the Ujjain cement works by 0.5 Mta to 2.0 Mta. The grinding unit is located in Mahakal Ujjain in Madyha Pradesh, close to the Jyotirlinga temple and commenced commercial production in November 2023.…
Dugongo Cimentos will invest US$ 35m in a new grinding unit in Ancuabe in the Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique. The company is a joint venture between Mozambique-based SPI Gestão and China-based West International Holding (WIH) and operates a 2…
India’s UltraTech Cement was ranked 8th in the Global Sectoral Ranking of the S&P Dow Jones Sustainability World Index, 2025, and was the top ranked Indian cement company in the list. Accordingly, UltraTech has now ranked in the top 10…
The Tokyo Cement Group expanded the cement capacity of its advanced Trincomalee grinding plant in Sri Lanka by 1.0 Mta. The company is the undisputed market leader in the country with around 4.0 Mta cement capacity. After a slowdown of…
Grupo Gloria has announced a US$ 100m investment to expand its business with a lime plant in Peru, where subsidiary Cal & Cemento Sur operates already a lime plant in the high plateau region. This plant (photo) has five kilns…
GCPL (GoldCrest Cement Private Limited) is in the process of setting up a mega integrated cement manufacturing plant in India. The greenfield project shall have a clinker capacity of 3.5 Mta capacity and a cement capacity of 4.5 Mta. In…
Portland Cement Ltd. in Malawi, which is a member of Huaxin, has a 2000 tpd clinker production line under construction (photo). In 2022 Lafarge sold its stake in the company to China based Huaxin Cement, while the name has been…
Ecocem announced an additional investment of € 170m to expand its ACT production capacity in France to 1.9 Mta. Four new lines for the production of ACT scalable low-carbon cements shall be constructed in the Fos-sur-Mer and Dunkirk areas. This…
Another modern cement production plant has been inaugurated in Dire-Dawa, Ethiopia, by Pioneer Cement Manufacturing PLC. The new plant (photo) is a joint venture between local and Chinese investors and is creating at least 550 direct jobs. With this new…