Pakistan: DG Khan Cement recorded sales of US$316m in Pakistan’s 2026 financial year, which ended on 30 June 2026. This corresponds to a rise of 11% year-on-year. Cost of sales also rose by 11%, to US$234m. The company successfully grew its profit for the year by 25%, to US$44m.

India: Member of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly Ardent Miller Basaiawmoit has called on the government to cancel an upcoming public hearing over Shree Cement's planned cement plant in the state’s East Jaintia Hills district and thereby halt the project. In addition to this, Basaiawmoit recommended that the Meghalaya government cancel all other new cement and coking plant projects in the East Jaintia Hills.

Basaiawmoit said that parts of the district around Sutunga will become uninhabitable ‘within few years’ given the rate of on-going environmental degradation due to the development of the cement industry.

Pakistan: Maple Leaf Cement reported sales of US$307m in the 2026 financial year, up by 24% year-on-year. Profit after tax grew to US$45.4m, up by 9% from first-half 2025 financial year levels.

US: A fire reportedly caused the temporary closure of a kiln at Ash Grove's Durkee cement plant in Baker County, Oregon, in early August 2026. Local press has reported that firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze and recorded no chemical release or injuries. The kiln was stopped temporarily while the emergency services responded to the incident but has since returned to full operation.