Nigeria: Lafarge Africa has launched a new alternative fuel and raw material (AFR) platform at its Mfamosing cement plant in Cross River State, with the aim to reduce its CO₂ emissions. The facility will replace traditional fossil fuels with alternative energy sources derived from non-recyclable materials, according to the Nigerian Tribune.

Ireland: CRH reported a rise in revenue to €9.56bn in the third quarter of 2024, up by 4% year-on-year. Net income grew by 5% in the third quarter to €1.27bn. Adjusted earnings by interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) rose by 12% to €2.28bn.

For the first nine months of 2024, total revenues increased by 2% to €24.3bn. Year-to-date net income grew by 13% to €2.55bn, with adjusted EBITDA also up by 12% to €4.73bn. Despite adverse weather, CRH anticipates positive market dynamics to continue into 2025, projecting net income between €3.44bn and €3.5bn and adjusted EBITDA between €6.25bn and €6.34bn. ​

Germany: In the first nine months of 2024, Heidelberg Materials' sales fell by 2.1% to €15.75bn from €16.8bn in the same period of 2023. The result from current operations before depreciation and amortisation rose by €101m or 3% to €3.28bn, while the result from current operations increased by €58m or 2.6% to €2.33bn.

The company’s businesses in Europe reported a revenue of €7.1bn in the nine-month period, a 2.7% decrease from €7.3bn in 2023. In North America, Heidelberg Materials reported a revenue of €3.98bn, marking a 0.5% increase from January - September 2023. In the Asia-Pacific region, revenue decreased by 5.2% to €2.6bn, and the Africa-Mediterranean-Western Asia region also saw a decline of 6.2% year-on-year to €1.65bn.

Europe: Titan Group and Ecocem will partner for the development of Ecocem's low-carbon cement technology, ACT, in Europe. This partnership will produce a new low-carbon cement by substituting a ‘substantial portion’ of clinker with supplementary cementitious materials, reportedly reducing cement's carbon footprint by up to 70%.