Mauritania: Nouakchott is experiencing a ‘severe’ cement shortage, according to local press. This has led to disruption for construction workers, who have reportedly had to wait for days without work. The reason for the shortage is unknown. Traders have speculated that it may be due to electricity shortages that are affecting cement plants. Other construction materials are also affected. Cement is reportedly almost ‘non-existent’ in the market, with available quantities not enough to meet demand.

Peru: Cement shipments increased by 7% year-on-year to 1.2Mt in August 2026. 1.1Mt of cement was produced during the month, an increase of 8%, and 0.95Mt of clinker was produced. 7030t of cement was exported, representing a decrease of 36%, and 72,761t of clinker was exported, which is a decrease of 1% compared to August 2025. Peru imported 12,408t of cement in August 2026, an increase of 16% compared to the same month of the previous year. 60% of imports arrived via the Tacna bus terminal from Chile and 40% came from the Matarani port via Vietnam. 0.11Mt of clinker was imported. 68% arrived at the port of Callao via South Korea and Ecuador, and 32% arrived via the port of Pisco, also from South Korea.

Algeria: A shipment of 22,000t of white cement was loaded at the port of Annaba as part of an export operation to Guatemala, according to a statement by the Annaba port company.

The company Biskria Ciment shipped the product from Berth 9 at the port.

US: Fortera and Mississippi Lime Company (MLC) have signed an agreement to develop a commercial facility that will produce more than 300,000t/yr of the company’s low-carbon ReAct cement product. Fortera's ReCarb technology will capture CO₂ emissions from MLC's production of high-calcium lime, converting the CO₂ directly into cement.

"This partnership gives us the opportunity to scale our production to meet demand that already exists," said Ryan Gilliam, CEO and co-founder of Fortera. "We are excited to work with and learn from MLC."

MLC operates one of the largest lime production facilities in the Americas, supported by a network of production and distribution facilities across the US and UK. The companies plan to share additional details about the project in the coming months.

"Lime and cement are chemically similar businesses, and we've spent over a century perfecting our end of that process," said Paul Hogan, CEO of MLC. "Partnering with Fortera lets us put that expertise to work in a new market and gives us a real path to help decarbonise a hard-to-abate industry."