Canada: CRH Ventures has announced an investment in Canada-based EnviCore, developers of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) for the construction industry. EnviCore has developed a thermochemical process that can convert a range of mineral resources and industrial byproducts including clays, natural pozzolans, recycled concrete and glass, and mine tailings into SCMs. EnviCore's process can integrate with existing cement plant infrastructure to support more sustainable cementitious materials; an increasingly important capability as availability of traditional SCMs becomes more constrained in some regions. The investment will support EnviCore in building a facility with a planned production capacity of 200,000t/yr, as it advances its technology and prepares for commercial-scale production.

As part of the broader partnership, CRH and EnviCore will continue working together to evaluate the technology and explore its potential across a range of materials before pursuing wider deployment.

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.

Libya: State-owned Ahlia Cement announced that its plants that were previously closed in August 2026 have now resumed production. The plants were forced to close by government security forces, but there were conflicting reports regarding the reason for the forced closure. The company said that it wants to restore its role in the local market and boost production rates to maintain supply.

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).