Peru: Cement shipments increased by 7% year-on-year to 1.2Mt in August 2026. 1.1Mt of cement was produced during the month, an increase of 8%, and 0.95Mt of clinker was produced. 7030t of cement was exported, representing a decrease of 36%, and 72,761t of clinker was exported, which is a decrease of 1% compared to August 2025. Peru imported 12,408t of cement in August 2026, an increase of 16% compared to the same month of the previous year. 60% of imports arrived via the Tacna bus terminal from Chile and 40% came from the Matarani port via Vietnam. 0.11Mt of clinker was imported. 68% arrived at the port of Callao via South Korea and Ecuador, and 32% arrived via the port of Pisco, also from South Korea.

Saudi Arabia: Domestic cement sales rose by 0.4% year-on-year in August 2026 to 4.49Mt from 4.47Mt in the same month of 2025, an increase of 19,000t. Meanwhile, exports decreased by 18% to 92,000t, compared to 0.11Mt in August 2025, according to Al-Yamama Cement. Total cement sales, including exports, reached 4.58Mt in August 2026, compared to 4.59Mt in August 2025. Saudi Cement recorded its highest production level in August 2026 at 0.8Mt, while Southern Cement had the largest clinker inventory at 6.19Mt.

Al-Yamama Cement recorded the most sales in August 2026 with 0.83Mt, its highest level in eight months, representing 19% of total domestic sales. Saudi Cement's sales ranked second with 0.55Mt, capturing 12% of the domestic market, followed by Qassim Cement with sales of 0.33Mt. Arabian Cement achieved a 15% increase in domestic sales to reach 0.33Mt, followed by Yanbu Cement also with 0.33Mt, then Southern Cement with 0.31Mt.

Regarding the quantities of cement exported in August 2026, Saudi Cement recorded the most with 52,000t, capturing 57% of the market. Al-Jouf Cement exported 18,000t, up from only 1000t in August 2025. Meanwhile, exports from Najran Cement decreased by 32% year-on-year to 15,000t, while Eastern Cement recorded a 100% increase in its exports during August 2026 to 7000t.

Total sales for all cement companies reached 35.1Mt in the first eight months of 2026, compared to 35.8Mt in the same period of 2025 a decrease of about 2%. Domestic sales decreased in the first eight months of 2026, by 2% year-on-year to 34Mt, compared to 34.7Mt in the corresponding period of 2025. In contrast, exports increased during the first eight months of 2026 by about 0.6% year-on-year to 1.1Mt, compared to 1.09Mt in the same period of 2025.

US: Fortera and Mississippi Lime Company (MLC) have signed an agreement to develop a commercial facility that will produce more than 300,000t/yr of the company’s low-carbon ReAct cement product. Fortera's ReCarb technology will capture CO₂ emissions from MLC's production of high-calcium lime, converting the CO₂ directly into cement.

"This partnership gives us the opportunity to scale our production to meet demand that already exists," said Ryan Gilliam, CEO and co-founder of Fortera. "We are excited to work with and learn from MLC."

MLC operates one of the largest lime production facilities in the Americas, supported by a network of production and distribution facilities across the US and UK. The companies plan to share additional details about the project in the coming months.

"Lime and cement are chemically similar businesses, and we've spent over a century perfecting our end of that process," said Paul Hogan, CEO of MLC. "Partnering with Fortera lets us put that expertise to work in a new market and gives us a real path to help decarbonise a hard-to-abate industry."

Uganda: The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), in collaboration with local police, has carried out an operation in Kampala to crack down on dealers involved in the illegal repackaging and sale of underweight cement. During the operation, authorities confiscated more than 50t of cement that had allegedly been repackaged into bags weighing as little as 35kg. Police arrested 15 suspects. The operation is part of ongoing efforts by UNBS and law enforcement agencies to protect consumers, curb the sale of counterfeit and substandard products, and ensure that cement sold on the Ugandan market meets the required quality and weight standards.