India’s Ambuja Cement is on track to expand its 109 Mta cement and 66 Mta clinker capacity at the end of 3Q 2026 to 117 Mta cement and to 69 Mta clinker capacity by the end of March, which corresponds…
In the first 2 months in 2026, Pakistan’s local cement dispatch (consumption) increased by +8.5% to 7.068 Mt, after 6.515 Mt in the same period last year and 5.836 Mt in the year before.
In the first 2 months in 2026, Pakistan’s cement exports increased by +49.8% to 1.669 Mt, after 1.114 Mt in the same period last year and 0.794 Mt in the year before.
In the first 2 months in 2026, Pakistan’s cement dispatch (local and exports) increased by +12.5% to 8.737 Mt, after 7.764 Mt in the same period last year and 6.679 Mt in the year before.
With the commissioning of cement plants in Raipur, Hyderabad and Kolkata, Shree Cement has been able to achieve in India a cement production capacity of 62.8 Mta beginning of this year (we reported here 05.01.2026, photo: Raipur plant). The 3.9…
Star Cement began operations of the Cachar 2.0 Mta grinding unit near to Silchar City in Assam in North-East India. Accordingly, Star Cement increased their cement capacity from 7.7 to 9.7 Mta (photo: 2.0 Mta Mohitnagar grinding unit). The new…
Maple Leaf Cement is now Pakistan’s 3rd largest cement producer, after the acquisition of the major shares of Pioneer Cement. Maple Leaf is a subsidiary of Kohinoor Textile Mills Limited (KTML). Pioneer operates a 5.2 Mta cement plant (photo) at…
Fauji Cement Company Limited and Kot Addu Power Company Limited (KAPCO) have jointly launched a public offer to acquire shares and control of Pakistan’s Attock Cement Ltd. Attock has about 5% market share in the country with 4.3 Mta capacity…
UltraTech announced the commissioning of a second grinding unit (GU) at its Aligarh plant (photo) in Uttar Predesh in India. With the addition of 2.7 Mta capacity the grinding capacity of the plant now stands at 4.0 Mta, increasing the…
In the first month in 2026, Pakistan’s cement dispatch (local and exports) increased by +4.4% to 3.601 Mt, after 3.450 Mt in the same period last year and 2.967 Mt in the year before.