Japan: Sumitomo Corporation has agreed to transfer a 70% stake in its cement trading arm, SC Cement, to Sumitomo Osaka Cement. Sumitomo Corporation will retain the remaining 30% of SC Cement. Sumitomo Corporation expects to complete the transfer on 1 October 2026. Following the transfer, SC Cement will appoint its current president, Junji Kitao, as chair, and Takayuki Hisamitsu, currently Senior Managing Director at construction products trading company Sumice Kenzai, as president. Sumitomo Corporation intends the transfer to combine Sumitomo Osaka Cement's technological capabilities and business foundation with SC Cement's nationwide distribution network.

SC Cement distributes cement and related products and operates eight ready-mixed concrete plants across Japan.

Saudi Arabia: India-based software developer Mastek has successfully digitised operations at Yanbu Cement’s Yanbu cement plant in Medina province. Mastek deployed automation, industrial internet of things (IoT) and integrated enterprise platforms throughout the plant’s 5.9Mt/yr integrated cement production and 10Mt/yr despatch processes. The plant also handles 220,000 truck movements annually. Mastek installed Oracle Fusion Cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, integrated with IoT-enabled weighbridges, automated gate systems, GPS-driven transit tracking and a unified dashboard to provide real-time visibility from order to delivery. A new customer-facing digital portal facilitates order placement and live shipment tracking. As a result of these operational changes, truck turnaround time halved.

Yanbu Cement CEO Ali Al Ayed said "The transformation has enhanced operational efficiency and reduced costs, leading to quick turnaround and accelerated deliveries."

Yanbu Cement hired Mastek for the project in 2024, extending a digital and cloud transformation programme the two partners began in 2022.

Philippines: The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) launched the Philippines’ first Cement and Concrete Decarbonisation Roadmap on 29 June 2026, the second of its kind in South East Asia, after Thailand’s. The roadmap sets out decarbonisation strategies with five-year milestones through to 2050. Strategies include increasing supplementary cementitious materials deployment, renewable energy consumption and energy efficiency, as well as installing carbon capture systems at cement plants. The Business Mirror newspaper has reported that the government of Canada, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Cement Manufacturers Association of the Philippines (CeMAP) all collaborated on drafting the roadmap, with funding from Environment and Climate Change Canada.

Taiwan: Asia Cement (China) has won a 2026 Asia Responsible Enterprise Awards (AREA) award in the Social Empowerment category for its Co-Governance Plan with Tribes and Communities: Long-Term Actions to Build Local Social Resilience strategy. The strategy includes operational integration of community consultation and Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) procedures, and support for cultural preservation, disaster preparedness and post-disaster recovery. As a result, the producer also received an AREA Silver Emblem of Sustainability for its efforts under the plan.

Asia Cement (China) has previously won AREA awards across the Circular Economy, Corporate Governance, Green Leadership, Health and Sanitation, Social Empowerment and Sustainability Reporting categories every year since first entering in 2018.