US: Total shipments of cement, including imports, in the US and Puerto Rico in May 2026 were an estimated 8.94Mt, representing a 0.3% year-on-year increase from shipments in May 2025. Shipments for the first five months of 2026 totalled an estimated 39.5Mt, a 4% increase from the same period in 2025. Clinker production, excluding Puerto Rico, totalled an estimated 6.67Mt in May 2026, a 3% increase from that in May 2025. Production for the first five months of 2026 was an estimated 26.5Mt, a 6% increase from the same period in 2025. May 2026 imports of cement and clinker, including into Puerto Rico, were 2.61Mt, a 4% increase from May 2025. Imports for the year to May 2026 reached 10Mt, an increase of 2% from those for the same period in 2025.

Pakistan/UK: The Digital Eye system is now tracking production at all 27 cement plants in Pakistan, helping the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to strengthen tax compliance and improve revenue collection for public services. The system, first piloted in 2023, uses advanced video analytics to monitor production lines in real time, providing plants and the FBR with an independent record of production. Working alongside FBR’s existing Track and Trace System, which records products leaving the production line, it gives tax authorities greater visibility of output while reducing reliance on manual inspection and paperwork. Digital Eye was developed by a Pakistani technology company, and the solution was tested, refined and rolled out nationwide with UK technical support.

British High Commissioner Jane Marriott visited Fecto Cement alongside senior FBR officials to see the technology in operation, touring the production line, observing the monitoring system and attending a briefing on how the technology is supporting tax administration reforms. Marriott said “Digital Eye is a strong example of the UK and Pakistan working together to deliver practical change. Built in Pakistan and now operated nationwide by the FBR, it shows how innovation can be scaled to strengthen tax compliance, support fair competition and improve transparency. The UK is proud to have supported that journey through technical expertise, whilst helping build the institutional capability needed to sustain it.”

Najeeb Ullah, Chief of Reforms and Modernisation at the FBR, said “The results speak for themselves. Real-time production monitoring has already strengthened compliance in cement, and it has done so without adding to the burden on compliant taxpayers. Our focus now is on consolidating what we have built, improving accuracy, deepening the skills of our own teams, and extending the system to further sectors. Accurate production data protects the businesses that declare honestly and we are grateful to the UK for its technical support through REMIT, and we intend to take this approach into further sectors.”

Senegal: Cement production increased by 9% month-on-month in June 2026.

This increase was accompanied by a 39% rebound in cement exports month-on-month, according to the National Agency for Statistics and Demography (ANSD). The agency also reported that local sales increased by 13% over the same period. Cement production increased by 28% year-on-year in June 2026. This growth was accompanied by a 49% increase in exports and a 32% increase in local sales.

The discrepancies observed between production levels and local and international sales can be explained by inventory movements, according to the statistical source.

The ANSD also reports that the data series has been updated following the inclusion of production from Ciments de l'Afrique (Cimaf).

India: UltraTech Cement’s integrated cement manufacturing plant at Kukurdih, Chhattisgarh, has met 100% of its electricity requirement through ‘green’ energy every month since April 2026. The 3.3Mt/yr Kukurdih plant reached this milestone through a combination of renewable power sourcing and waste heat recovery. Since April 2026, nearly a third of UltraTech's 76 cement plants in India have maintained a thermal energy substitution rate above 50% of their electricity requirement. Five of these, including the Kukurdih plant, have exceeded 95%. UltraTech is also progressively deploying battery energy storage systems across its network. As of September 2026, the company's captive non-fossil-fuel energy capacity stood at 1897MW, comprising 1463MW of renewable capacity (solar, wind and hybrid) and 434MW of waste heat recovery capacity.