Cyprus: Cyprus Cement saw its profit for the first half of 2026 rise from €4.6m to €5.4m, driven largely by a stronger contribution from Vassiliko Cement Works, according to the company’s latest financial results. The company reported income of €207,000 for the period, up from €193,000 in 2025. Cyprus Cement said its full-year results could fluctuate, with prevailing market uncertainties making a forecast difficult to predict.

India: Adani Group plans to invest more than US$26m in a 5Mt/yr integrated cement plant in Kharagpur, West Bengal. The project is spread across 80 hectares and has received approval from the state industry department and is currently awaiting cabinet clearance. Once approved, construction is expected to begin, with commissioning planned within the ‘next few years.’ It was initially proposed by ACC in 2012, but the land was later returned to the state government after development failed to commence within the stipulated period. Adani Group revived the proposal in 2023 after its acquisition of ACC.

Malaysia: Cement Industries (Sabah) is investing US$29m to establish a second production line at its Telu Sepanggar plant, in an effort to increase cement production capacity and reliability of cement supply throughout Sabah. The line is presumed to be a grinding line, due to the small investment. According to general manager Sumardi Mohd Yusuf, the line will boost the company’s production capacity by 0.55Mt is and projected to come online by the end of 2028. The project has secured approval from the company’s board of directors, and an engineering consulting firm has been appointed for the project.

Yusuf said that the Sabah’s West Coast region is currently experiencing disruptions due to delayed clinker shipments, resulting from a vessel carrying 20,000t of clinker that ran aground near Tanjung Port, South Kalimantan. Yusuf said that a replacement clinker shipment was expected to arrive during the second week of October 2026.

Singapore/Türkiye: Singapore-based clean energy startup SunGreen said it has completed its first 1MW anion exchange membrane (AEM) hydrogen electrolyser partnership with Turkish cement producer Limak Cement after six months of real-world testing. The project brought the company’s nanostructured electrode technology from single-cell performance to industrial-scale multi-cell stacks. SunGreen was involved as a technology partner, while Limak contributed engineering expertise. Testing took place between March and August 2026 and demonstrated low-cost hydrogen production, according to SunGreen.