Global Cement News

Bulgaria: Zlatna Panega Cement, part of Greece-based Titan Group, has achieved a 65% rate of thermal substitution of fossil fuels with alternative fuels for four consecutive months. The company’s 5MW solar plant supplies between 11% and 13% of its energy needs.

General director Adamantios Francis said “We have achieved a historic success for our plant. With this, we prove that we are committed to sustainable development and are ready to lead the industry towards a greener future.”

Titan Group’s long-term strategy includes cutting energy consumption by 58% compared with 2020 levels and reducing direct net CO₂ emissions to 500kg/t of cement. At Zlatna Panega, CO₂ emissions in 2024 were 839kg/t of clinker, while electricity-related emissions fell by 38% year-on-year.

Morocco: Cement deliveries reached 1.22Mt in September 2025, up by 12.5% year-on-year, according to figures reported by L’Economiste newspaper. Cumulative deliveries for the first nine months of the year stood at 10.9Mt, marking an 11% increase compared to the same period in 2024, data from the Ministry of Regional Planning, Urban Development, Housing, and Urban Policy showed.

The ministry said the results reflect ‘robust domestic demand, stimulated by major infrastructure projects, public housing programs, and the recovery of private investment in the real estate sector.’

Pakistan: Cement despatches, including both domestic despatches and exports, rose by 16% year-on-year to 12.2Mt in the first quarter of the 2026 financial year, up from 10.5Mt in the same period in 2024, according to data from the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA). Domestic sales grew by 15% to 9.57Mt, compared to 8.32Mt in 2024, while exports jumped by 21% to 2.59Mt, up from 2.14Mt.

On a monthly basis, dispatches surged by 31% in July and 13.5% in August 2025, before moderating to 7% growth in September 2025, when volumes reached 4.25Mt compared with 3.97Mt a year earlier. In September 2025, local sales rose by 14% to 3.42Mt, up from 2.99Mt in September 2024, while exports dropped by 15% to 0.83Mt, against 0.98Mt a year earlier.

France: Ecocem has inaugurated a new €10m research and innovation centre to advance its low-carbon cement technologies and accelerate industry decarbonisation. The 3300m² facility will focus on developing scalable solutions to reduce reliance on clinker. It will build on Ecocem’s ACT technology, which the company says already enables up to 70% emission reductions, with the aim of providing the cement sector with a pathway to net zero by 2040.

Donal O’Riain, founder and global managing director of Ecocem, said “For 25 years, Ecocem has focused exclusively on low-carbon cement technologies. With ACT, our scalable low carbon cement technology close to commercial availability, the new centre will allow us to go further and faster. We will build on the 18Mt of CO₂ reductions already achieved and accelerate the development of solutions that can deliver net zero cement by 2040, 10 years ahead of schedule.”

Switzerland: Cement deliveries in the second quarter of 2025 reached 0.99Mt, an increase of 3% compared with the same period in 2024, according to Cemsuisse. The positive trend that began at the end of 2024 has reportedly continued, supported by low interest rates that have boosted construction activity.

The construction sector is expected to remain resilient over the coming quarters, allowing for positive forecasts for cement deliveries. Rail transport of cement, however, continued to decline, with just 35% of Swiss cement volumes shipped by train, down by 3% from the same quarter in 2024. This drop was attributed to the persistent deterioration of rail freight conditions. Meanwhile, low-clinker cements with reduced CO₂ emissions accounted for nearly 98% of all deliveries.