US: Eagle Materials raised its sales in the first quarter of the 2025 financial year to US$609m, up by 1% year-on-year. Cement revenues rose 3% to $339m. Its adjusted earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) grew by 5% to US$225m.

CEO Michael Haack said “Our portfolio of businesses continued to perform well, despite adverse weather conditions during the quarter across many of our core markets, which affected sales for our cement business. Underlying fundamentals in our markets continue to be favourable, and we expect demand for our products to remain steady for the balance of the year.”

Nigeria: BUA Cement recorded a decline in profit in the first half of 2024, with post-tax profit falling to US$20.7m, down from US$38.3m in 2023. Profit before tax also decreased, standing at US$24.1m compared to US$46m a year ago.

Australia: The new Geelong grinding plant, situated near Lascelles Wharf in Victoria, has commenced operations. It has the capacity to grind 1.3Mt/yr of granulated blast furnace slag and clinker. It will utilise slag to reduce landfill waste and substitute cement in concrete products. According to Boral’s post on LinkedIn, the plant will provide direct and indirect job opportunities to help boost the Geelong economy.

India: JK Lakshmi Cement board has approved a corporate restructuring to merge three subsidiaries: Udaipur Cement Works, Hansdeep Industries and Trading, and Hidrive Developers and Industries. The merger is due for completion on 1 April 2025.