Trinidad & Tobago: Trinidad Cements' sales were US$309.6m in 2022, up by 9% year-on-year. Group earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) rose by 19% to US$77.0m. The Trinidad and Tobago Guardian newspaper has reported that the producer recorded a US$16.1m loss during the fourth quarter of the year. The producer attributed this to a weather-related drop in cement demand across its markets, as well as restructuring costs for its Barbados-based subsidiary Arawak Cement.

Trinidad Cement chair David Inglefield and managing director Francisco Aguilera Mendoza said "We will ensure that our operations remain resilient by continuing effective cost management initiatives to maximise value in this challenging economic environment. Additionally, we expect improved productivity and efficiency of our equipment on completion of major planned maintenance in 2023."

India: Sagar Cements says that its subsidiary Andhra Cements will relaunch the clinker line at its Durga cement plant in Andhra Pradesh before July 2023. The Hindu BusinessLine newspaper has reported that the producer previously relaunched grinding operations at the plant in April 2023.

Sagar Cements plans to invest a further US$56.8m in Andhra Cements’ Durga cement plant to increase its installed cement capacity by 67% to 3Mt/yr and its clinker capacity by 39% to 2.3Mt/yr before 2025.

Vietnam: Nghi Son Cement Corporation has despatched its first batch of cement to customers in the US. The shipment consisted of 31,500t of cement produced at the company's Thanh Hoa cement plant. Việt Nam News has reported that the producer moved into the US market due to declining cement demand domestically.

Nghi Son Cement Corporation is a joint venture of Vietnam Cement Corporation (Vicem), Japan-based Taiheiyo Cement and Japan-based Mitsubishi Materials.

Philippines: San Miguel Corporation’s cement sales more than tripled year-on-year to US$183m during the first quarter of 2023, from US$57.1m during the first quarter of 2022. The group’s cement business contributed 3% of consolidated sales, compared to 1% in the first quarter of 2022. Overall, group sales rose by 9% to US$6.17bn, the Philippine Daily Inquirer newspaper has reported.

San Miguel Corporation completed its acquisition of Eagle Cement in December 2022.