India: Orissa Bengal Carrier has entered into a three-month contract to transport coal and petcoke for Shiva Cement, a subsidiary of JSW Cement, effective until 31 December 2024. The company has not disclosed the value of the contract.

Bangladesh: Confidence Cement is building a new 1.8Mt/yr cement grinding plant at Narsingdi. The project has an investment of US$68m, according to the Daily Star newspaper. Germany-based Loesche is reportedly supplying equipment for the unit, which is scheduled to start operation in early 2025. Around two-thirds of the project cost is being supplied by loans with the rest coming from company equity.

Confidence Cement currently operates a 1.2Mt/yr grinding plant near Chattogram.

Pakistan: Dewan Cement reported a profit after tax of US$329,000 for the quarter ending June 2024, marking a 47% year-on-year decline compared to US$619,000 earned in the same period in 2023. Despite a significant improvement in gross margins, the company recorded a net loss of US$1.83m for the full financial year 2024, slightly less than the US$2.11m loss in the financial year 2023. Quarterly sales rose by 3.4% to US$19.14m, with gross profit increasing significantly by 106.5% to US$1.06m in the quarter.

Germany: Norway-based Capsol Technologies has won a feasibility study from a German cement producer to assess the implementation of its CapsolEoP (End-of-Pipe) technology at a cement plant. The technology aims to capture 400,000t/yr of CO₂.

CEO Wendy Lam said "Capsol continues to build a position as a preferred carbon capture technology provider for the cement industry."