Ukraine: PrJSC Mykolaivcement recorded a 1.9-fold rise in net profit to US$10.9m between January and September 2025 compared to the same period in 2024. Income from ordinary activities grew by 34% year-on-year to US$45.6m, while gross profit rose by 48% to US$17m. Retained earnings fell by 81% to US$2.6m. In the third quarter of 2025, the company produced 204,500t of cement worth US$12.5m and sold 210,700t for US$20m.

Mykolaivcement said its operations were affected by martial law, exchange rate fluctuations and reduced construction activity due to the political and economic situation in the country. The company cited labour shortages, slow economic recovery and geopolitical instability as continuing challenges.

India: Ambuja Cements recorded a profit after tax of US$259m in the second quarter of the 2026 financial year (FY2026), which runs from July to September, up from US$55.8m in the same period of the 2025 financial year. Revenue from operations rose by 18% year-on-year, from US$850m to US$1.03bn.

CEO Vinod Bahety said “This quarter has been noteworthy for the cement industry. Despite the headwinds from prolonged monsoons, the sector will benefit from the tailwinds of several favourable developments including GST 2.0 reforms, the Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS), and the withdrawal of coal cess (tax). We have upped our FY2028 target capacity by 15Mt/yr, from 140Mt/yr to 155Mt/yr. This increase of 15Mt/yr from debottlenecking initiatives will come at a much lower capex of US$48/t.”Bahety said that debottlenecking of plant logistics infrastructure will also increase the utilisation of the company’s existing capacity of 107Mt/yr by 3%.

Pakistan: Local cement despatches rose by 15% year-on-year to 3.93Mt in October 2025, up from 3.41Mt in October 2024, according to the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA). Exports fell by 23% from 1.1Mt to 0.83Mt, bringing total despatches to 4.75Mt, an increase of 6% year-on-year. In the first four months of the 2026 financial year, total despatches reached 17.3Mt, up by 15% from 15Mt a year earlier. Domestic sales rose by 18% to 13.9Mt, while exports increased by 6% year-on-year from 3.22Mt to 3.42Mt.

An APCMA spokesman said “The decline in exports over the past two months is a matter of concern. If this trend continues, it may dent our hopes of a full cement sector revival.”

Europe: Capsol Technologies has signed a rental agreement with a large European cement producer for a six-month CapsolGo carbon capture and liquefaction demonstration campaign at a cement plant. Delivery and testing of the unit are scheduled for the first quarter of 2026. The turnkey project will include installation, operation and testing to generate operational data supporting the producer’s future carbon capture and storage investment decisions. The campaign follows a previously completed CapsolEoP feasibility study.

CEO Wendy Lam said “We're proud to support the European cement producer on its path toward decarbonisation and to demonstrate how our carbon capture solution can deliver efficient, cost-effective emissions reductions in hard-to-abate sectors. During the carbon capture and liquefaction process, we will perform an extensive gas and liquid analysis to support the producer's CCS investment decisions in what will be our fourth demonstration campaign for the cement industry.”