Global Cement News

Nepal: The government plans to shut down Udayapur Cement Industry, which operates the Jaljale cement plant, in mid-July 2025. The República newspaper has reported that the government has received a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between workers, local people and political parties to contest the closure. Critics reportedly accuse the government of trying to bankrupt the company in order to sell it.

Poland: The Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) has launched an investigation into Cement Ożarów, Cemex Polska, Dyckerhoff Polska, Góradżdże Cement, Górażdże Beton and Holcim Polska over potential cement cartelisation. The office has not stated the exact triggers of such an investigation at this time.

ISB News has reported that UOKiK previously discovered an 11-year-long conspiracy to divide the market and fix prices between seven companies in 2009.

UOKiK President Tomasz Chróstny said "The return of a cartel would be particularly outrageous, considering that cement is one of the basic construction materials, necessary for the development of housing, road infrastructure and the entire economy."

If found to have been party to any agreement restricting competition, companies can expect penalties as high as 10% of turnover.

Australia: Minister for Climate Change and Minister Chris Bowen says that the government is ‘considering’ the enactment of a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) to prevent carbon leakage from high emissions-intensity products, including cement.

The Australian Parliament committed to 43% national CO₂ emissions reduction between 2005 and 2030 in 2022, and capped emitters’ individual carbon footprints in 2023. Final advice from a government Carbon Leakage Review was due after May 2025, and was possibly complicated by on-going US climate and trade reforms under President Trump. The Australian Cement Industry Federation bemoaned a lack of action on carbon leakage in March 2025. It warned of jeopardy to both decarbonisation and 1400 jobs in the Australian cement sector.

Australia’s construction industry imported 40% of its cement used in 2024.

India: Management guidance for Indian cement demand growth in the 2026 financial year for ‘most companies’ in the sector was 6 – 7% year-on-year.

In the 2025 financial year, UltraTech Cement and JK Cement raised their cement sales volumes by 17% and 15% year-on-year respectively, due to to demand recovery and the effects of new acquisitions. Ambuja Cement’s volumes grew by 13%, while Dalmia Cement Bharat’s fell by 2% and Ramco Cements’ by 5%.

The Business Standard newspaper has reported that the all-India cement capacity ended the 2025 financial year at 655Mt/yr, up by 5% year-on-year. 60Mt/yr-worth of new cement production capacity is due to come online later in the 2026 financial year, which would increase that figure by a further 9%.

Greece: Titan Greece has obtained Enterprise Greece’s strategic investment status for its upcoming 1.9Mt/yr-capacity IFESTOS carbon capture project at the Kamari cement plant in Boeotia. The status also extends to an upcoming Business Park adjacent to the plant. The IFESTOS project is currently at the stage of basic design and environmental studies, with a final investment decision due in 2026. An anticipated 750 direct and indirect jobs will result from the construction and operation of the carbon capture unit.

Titan Cement Group’s Europe regional executive director Yanni Paniaras said "IFESTOS’ inclusion underlines the importance of the project for Greece. Preparation continues apace.”