Germany’s cement production -0.8% in 1Q 2025

In the first quarter in 2025, Germany’s cement production declined by -0.8% to 4.725 Mt, after 4.765 Mt in the same period last year and 5.673 Mt in the year before.
In the first quarter in 2025, Germany’s cement production declined by -0.8% to 4.725 Mt, after 4.765 Mt in the same period last year and 5.673 Mt in the year before.
Holcim has broken ground at the state-of-the-art OLYMPUS CCS project at its Milaki cement plant in Greece, engineered to produce 2 Mta of near-zero cement from 2029 (we reported here 13. November 2023). The project will deploy the combination of…
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…
In the first 4 months in 2025, Spain’s cement exports decreased by -10.5% to 1.011 Mt, after 1.129 Mt in the same period last year and 1.454 Mt in the year before.
In the first 4 months in 2025, Spain’s cement production increased by +1.9% to 5.624 Mt, after 5.521 Mt in the same period last year and 6.240 Mt in the year before.
The Cimpor project to modernize the production line of kiln7 at the Alhandra cement plant in Portugal is on schedule. The project is intended a production capacity increase from 3000 tpd to 3600 tpd, as well as allowing thermal substitution…
In the first quarter in 2025, Estonia’s cement production decreased by -8.6% to 32 kt, after 35 kt in the same period last year and 40 kt in the year before.
In February 2025, the ex-works average cement prices in Germany (calculated from cement sales volume and cement T/O) increased by +1.1% MoM to 117.99 €/t, after 116.75 €/t in January and 119.73 €/t in December 2024.
In the first 2 months in 2025, Germany’s cement production declined by -0.7% to 2.552 Mt, after 2.571 Mt in the same period last year and 3.188 Mt in the year before.
The foundation work on Schwenk’s meca-clay plant in Allmendingen, Germany, has been completed ahead of schedule. The meca-clay technology shall realize for the first time to convert all types of clays into highly reactive cement additives using only electrical energy,…