Spain: Cement consumption rose by 6.5% year-on-year to 7.8Mt in the first six months of 2025, according to the latest data from Oficemen. In June 2025, consumption grew by 14% year-on-year to 1.44Mt. Rolling year consumption between July 2024 and June 2025 reached 15.4Mt, up by 8%. Cement and clinker exports fell by 0.4% in June 2025 to 0.41Mt. Year-to-date exports declined by 5% to 2.31Mt, and rolling year exports dropped by 2% year-on-year to 4.8Mt.

Oficemen general manager Aniceto Zaragoza said “Average daily consumption in June 2025, which only includes weekdays, was somewhat more moderate, with an 8.5% increase. This ‘calendar effect’ is due to the fact that June 2024 had more holidays, with five full weekends coinciding during the month.”

Zaragoza added “Cement consumption has been the most positive trend of the last five years analysed, a trend we expect to continue in the second half of 2025. This growth is also in line with the data on tenders and construction permits for new construction, which have grown by 26% through May 2025 and 9% through April 2025, respectively.”

Germany: CI4C has installed the final modular component of its carbon purification unit (CPU) at the Schwenk Zement plant in Mergelstetten. The unit is 31m long with a cross-section of 5 x 5m, installed using a tandem lift.

The unit completes major construction work at the CO₂ capture pilot project. The CPU will clean and liquefy CO₂-rich exhaust gas from the oxyfuel kiln and processes it to food-grade quality, enabling its reuse in purified form. Final mechanical and electrical works are underway ahead of commissioning in late summer 2025.

European cement producers Buzzi, Dyckerhoff, Heidelberg Materials, Schwenk Zement and Vicat established CI4C in 2019 to implement the catch4climate initiative. The 450t/day clinker line and CPU have been purpose-built at the plant, which has received investment of over €120m, and will be used solely for research and development.

Kyrgyzstan: Imports of Portland cement from China in June 2025 rose 378% year-on-year to 4000t, according to China’s General Administration of Customs. The rise follows a May 2025 delivery of 2000t, after 18 months of negligible or no imports.

India: JK Cement reported a strong performance for the first quarter of the 2026 financial year, with consolidated net profit up by 76% year-on-year to US$37.6m, from US$21.4m in the same quarter in 2025. Sales rose by 19% to US$388.4m, from US$325.3m. Operating profit also grew, with earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) up by 41% to US$79.7m, from US$56.3m.

The producer attributed the rise to volume growth in the grey cement segment and higher realisations in Central India and Bihar. It also recorded an 8% growth in white cement sales.

JK Cement said construction of its 4Mt/yr grey clinker unit at Panna is 76% complete. It is also developing 3Mt/yr of cement capacity across Panna, Hamirpur and Prayagraj—1Mt/yr at each site—with construction in advanced stages. A 3Mt/yr split grinding unit in Bihar is due for commissioning by December 2025. As of June 2025, the company spent US$165.6m on clinker and cement projects and US$32.9m on the Bihar unit.

It also completed the acquisition of a 60% stake in a cement and clinker unit in Jammu & Kashmir for US$17.4m in June 2025. The acquisition added 0.42Mt/yr of cement and 0.26Mt/yr of clinker capacity.