Greece: Titan has announced a strategic minority investment in Command Alkon, a leading technology platform that serves the building materials industry with software solutions. Command Alkon’s cloud-based platform provides a foundation for integrating workflows, enhancing data visibility, and accelerating the adoption of advanced digital and AI-enabled capabilities. The investment establishes a long-term partnership between Titan and Command Alkon. Command Alkon is an independent technology company serving the industry, majority-owned by Francisco Partners, a technology-focused global investment firm.

Titan said that its investment is aligned to its Forward 2029 strategy, reflecting its ambition and reinforcing the group's commitment to accelerate digital transformation, operational excellence and innovation across its global ready-mix concrete and aggregates businesses. With its extensive ready-mix concrete and aggregates footprint in its core US markets in Florida and Mid-Atlantic, as well as in South East Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean basin, Titan can offer unique operational know-how and digital implementation track record to Command Alkon’s growth strategy and contribute its operational perspective, along with Command Alkon’s broader customer community.

Saudi Arabia: Najran Cement has published its 2025 Annual Sustainability Report. Among other metrics, the report records a 17% year-on-year decline in its emissions intensity to 693kg/t CO₂ – down by 40% from 2023 levels. The company produced a total of 2.67Mt of cement. Combined Scope 1 and Scope 2 CO₂ emissions were 1.85Mt. Najran Cement said that it will also report Scope 3 emissions in future reporting cycles.

The report is accessible through the Saudi Exchange website.

Pakistan: Maple Leaf Cement has reported a 24% year-on-year increase in revenues for the Pakistani fiscal year 2026, which ended on 30 June 2026. Revenues were US$307m, which was attributed to higher sales volumes and the inclusion of Pioneer Cement's sales following its acquisition. According to AKD Securities Limited, MLCF's profitability increased by 3% year-on-year, with net earnings of US$42.9m.

US: The American Cement Association (ACA) has partnered with the American Coal Ash Association, the Natural Pozzolan Association and the Slag Cement Association to develop consolidated product category rules (PCR) for cementitious materials. The new PCR, called Smart Environmental Product Declaration Part B (Standard 1000-017), merges three PCRs for cement, slag cement and supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs), including coal ash and natural pozzolans. ACA's EPD consultant has initiated a survey of cement producers in order to collect data for new industry EPDs.

ACA director of environmental measurement and metrics Jamie Farny described the move as a ‘logical next step’ to reduce duplicative measures regulating cement and concrete producers and users’ environmental impact reduction.