India: Nuvoco Vistas’ revenues from operations rose by 8.7% year-on-year to US$354m in the fourth quarter of the 2026 fiscal year (FY2026). Its profit before tax rose by 4.2% to US$24.9m, while its earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) increased by 6.1% to US$63.2m.

During the quarter, revenues from the company’s cement segment rose by 8.2% year-on-year to US$323m, while revenues from ready-mix concrete and other activities rose by 9.1% to US$31.8m. The company achieved a consolidated sales volume of 20.4Mt during FY2026, representing 5% year-on-year growth.

Nuvoco Vistas has announced plans to set up a 1.5Mt/yr bulk cement terminal in Viramgam, Sachana, Gujarat, due for completion by April 2027. Additional clinker and grinding capacity is due to come online by the end of 2026, which will take the company’s total cement and clinker capacity to 35Mt/yr.

Brazil: Steelmaker CSN is set to start receiving binding offers for its cement unit, CSN Cimentos, in just ‘a few weeks,’ according to the company's chief financial officer Marco Rabello. "The binding phase should begin in just over a month, shortly after the receipt of non-binding offers and the selection of the institutions that will advance to the next round," he said, although he did not disclose values or the names of potential buyers. Local sources have previously linked Votorantim Cimentos, Huaxin Cement, Anhui Conch Cement, Sinoma International and J&F, which owns a meat packing company, as potential buyers. The process is expected to be highly competitive and may also include contenders from Italy and Mexico, according to sources quoted by Reuters.

Rabello said that the closing and disbursement of funds related to the cement unit sale could be reached by the end of 2026, but that the transaction would need to be approved by the Brazilian competition regulator, and the timeline could vary depending on the buyer.

Vietnam: Vietnam exported 3.46Mt of cement and clinker worth US$128m in March 2026, up by 14% in volume terms and up by 14% in value year-on-year, according to the latest figures from the government’s National Statistics Office (NSO). The country exported 9.9Mt of cement and clinker worth US$360m over the first three months of 2026.

Vietnam generated US$1.37bn by exporting 37.1Mt of cement and clinker in 2025, a 21% increase in value and a 25% increase in volume relative to 2024.

Switzerland: Companies on the Swiss Market Index (SMI) reportedly made little progress in climate protection in 2025, according to a data analysis by news agency AWP. Overall, the operational (Scope 1 & 2) CO₂ emissions of SMI companies fell by approximately 3% in 2025. However, greenhouse gas emissions from the upstream and downstream value chain (Scope 3), which typically account for the largest share of the CO2 footprint and include emissions from suppliers, rose by almost 6%.

With 55Mt of operational CO₂ emissions globally, cement producer Holcim was by far the largest emitter on the SMI, followed by Amrize (15.6Mt), which split off from Holcim in 2025, and food giant Nestlé (3Mt).

In 2025, Holcim reduced its operational greenhouse gas emissions by 1.8%, partly through reduced use of clinker and alternative fuels (AF). However, emissions along the supply chain increased by around 6%, mainly due to ‘higher emissions from subsidiaries and purchased clinker and cement.’

Amrize reduced its own emissions by around 4%. The group does not yet report any Scope 3 emissions but will do so for 2026.