India: JK Cement has commissioned a 3Mt/yr cement grinding unit at its facility in Buxar, Bihar. The new unit forms part of JK Cement’s 6Mt/yr expansion plan approved in January 2024, which includes brownfield clinker capacity additions of 3.3Mt/yr and cement grinding capacity of 3Mt/yr across Panna, Hamirpur and Prayagraj, alongside a greenfield 3Mt/yr cement grinding facility in Bihar.

JK Cement’s total grey cement production capacity now reportedly stands at 31.26Mt/yr, including the capacity of its subsidiary.

Egypt: Al-Mal Titan Egypt Cement aims to reach production of 0.4Mt/yr of alternative fuel by the end of 2027, backed by €7-8m in investment financed by its global parent company.

Essam Abdelnabi, managing director of Titan Egypt subsidiary Gaia Alternative Energy, said alternative fuels currently account for about 40% of total energy demand. He added that the company’s Beni Suef plant signed an agreement to generate 10,000MW of solar powered electricity, covering around 13% of its energy needs.

Abdelnabi said that Titan plans to supply alternative fuels to third parties in the future and is participating in a presidential initiative to recycle construction waste in cooperation with Beni Suef University. He added that the company has made ‘significant’ progress in reducing its CO₂ emissions through improved energy efficiency and increasing reliance on alternative fuels. Amr Reda, CEO of Titan Egypt, said that the company plans to invest US$64m by the end of 2029 through a mix of internal and bank financing.

South Africa: Saint-Gobain Africa has iaugurated a new fibre cement manufacturing plant in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, representing an investment of more than US$31.7m in local production capacity. CEO Aymeric d’Ydewalle said, during the facility’s opening on 27 January 2026, that the facility will strengthen local manufacturing, improve product availability and reliability for customers, and support the growth of the local construction sector.

Kenya: East African Portland Cement Company (EAPCC) plans to invest more than US$200m to raise cement production capacity from 1.3Mt/yr to almost 4Mt/yr over the next three years. The funding will come from Kalahari Cement, a subsidiary of Tanzania-based Amsons Group, which owns 69% of EAPCC. The investment will fund a new energy-efficient clinker grinding plant and wider modernisation of manufacturing infrastructure.

Amsons Group managing director Edha Nahdi said “In 2025, we promised to facilitate the full revival and modernisation of EAPCC, and we can now confirm that plans to invest more than US$200m in the first phase of the modernisation agenda have been secured.”

According to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, cement production rose to 9.5Mt in the first 11 months of 2025, up from 8.1Mt in 2024, with consumption increasing from 7.8Mt to 9.3Mt.