Australia: First Graphene (FGR) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with The Sixth Element (Changzhou) Material Technology for the latter company to be its key distributor in China for ...

Morocco: Cement deliveries fell by 1.3% year-on-year to 6.8Mt in the first half of 2026. The decline to May 2025 was greater, June 2026 saw a considerable boost in sales, according to L'Economiste ...

France: Hoffman Green Materials sold nearly 40,000t of cement in the first half of 2026. This was more than the double the volume it sold in the first half of 2025. The company has also recorded the ...

Australia: A train carrying cement has derailed close to Boral’s New Berrima cement plant on 4 July 2026. Multiple train cars came off the rails in the incident, according to the Illawarra Mercury ...

Pakistan: Cement dispatches rose by 7% year-on-year to 50.5Mt in the 2025 – 2026 financial year, that ended on 30 June 2026, from 47.1Mt previously. The All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association ...

Bolivia: Peru-based Grupo Gloria reportedly paid former Spanish prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero €200,000 for lobbying the government in Bolivia on its behalf for compensation relating to ...

Tajikistan: Construction work on two new 1.2Mt/yr cement plants has begun on behalf of Tajik Cement and Dushanbe Cement. The ...

Zimbabwe: South Africa-based PPC’s sale of a property in Arlington, near Harare, has fallen through after the prospective buyer failed to pay $30m by the agreed deadline of 30 June 2026. This ...

India: Madhavi Isanaka has resigned as Chief Digital Officer (CDO) at Ambuja Cements with immediate effect citing medical reasons and personal commitments. Isanaka became CDO at Ambuja Cements in ...

PPC has appointed Veliswa Rozani as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). She succeeds Brenda Berlin in the role, as she has retired. Rozani will take up the position from 1 October 2026. In the interim ...

India: 1200 protestors, including workers, residents, social activists and trade union members, marched to the West Singhbhum Deputy Commissioner’s office in Chaibasa, Jharkhand, on 1 July 2026 to ...

Venezuela: Mexico-based Cemex has joined humanitarian relief efforts following the double earthquake that recently struck several cities along Venezuela’s Caribbean coast by forming an extraordinary ...