Türkiye: KHD will install a Pyrorotor alternative fuel system at the Batisöke Söke Çimento Sanayii cement plant in Söke. The project began in February 2026 and includes supply of the Pyrorotor unit, spare parts and supervision of erection and commissioning.

KHD CEO Matthias Jochem said “This order confirms the growing momentum for decarbonising cement production in the important Turkish market. We are delighted to be working with Batisöke Söke Çimento Sanayii on this project. The company’s investment is a clear statement of its commitment to increasing the use of alternative fuels and reducing its carbon footprint. We look forward to supporting them on that journey.”

KHD said that the Pyrorotor technology enables plants to use low-quality locally available fuels with no preprocessing, including plastics, biomass and tyre chips. The company has sold 21 Pyrorotor installations worldwide, including in Cambodia, China, Portugal, South Korea, Thailand and Türkiye.

Jochem said “This latest order reinforces our commitment to Türkiye’s cement sector at a time when the industry faces increasing pressure to reduce CO₂ emissions and improve fuel flexibility. The Pyrorotor is proven to deliver on exactly these challenges, and we look forward to demonstrating that once again in Söke.”

Vietnam: Vietnam exported 2.81Mt of cement and clinker worth US$100m in February 2026, down by 7% year-on-year in volume and by 8% in value, according to the government’s National Statistics Office. In the first two months of 2026, exports reached 6.47Mt, worth US$230m, up by 24% year-on-year in volume and by 24% in value. In 2025, Vietnam exported 37.1Mt of cement and clinker worth US$1.37bn, up by 25% in volume and by 21% in value.

Syria: 12 companies have applied to invest in the Al-Muslimiyah cement plant in Aleppo and the Adra cement plant in Damascus, according to the General Company for Cement and Building Materials Industry and Marketing (OMRAN). Director Mahmoud Fadila said that applications are being evaluated on technical and financial criteria to select investors and support the cement sector ahead of reconstruction.

Rehabilitation work is reportedly progressing on the mills at the Tartous Cement plant, carried out by UAE-based QBZ Group, alongside work to rehabilitate and operate the third production line at the Hama cement plant by Iraq-based Vertex Group, with the aim of increasing production capacity. The company said offering the plants for investment forms part of a broader plan to strengthen industrial infrastructure, increase production efficiency and comply with safety and environmental standards.

Spain: Five people have been arrested in Marbella after police seized 1.5t of cocaine hidden inside 1000 bags of cement from Brazil, which entered the country through the port of Algeciras. The criminals used a shell company based in the German city of Bremen to cover the transport of the illegal goods. The bags were all marked with a small ‘x’ to identify which bags contained the packages of drugs.