Jamaica: Cemex subsidiary Caribbean Cement recorded a 16% year-on-year drop in its water use in the eight-month period to the end of August 2026. Local press has reported the saving as equivalent to the annual water use of 1700 people. The producer said that this is a result of a US$42.3m upgrade to its Rockfort cement plant in Kingston, commissioned in June 2025. It anticipates a further decline in 2027 following the installation of a water recirculation cooling tower at the plant.
Ghana: Dzata Cement marked five years in Tema, Ghana, with CEO Ibrahim Mahama setting a target of 3Mt/yr of cement produced by the company. Its plant, which is reportedly Ghana’s only wholly locally-owned cement producer, sits on a 10-acre site near Tema Port and represents an investment of more than US$100m. It employs equipment from Haver & Boecker and can produce about 80,000 bags of cement per day. It currently has a production capacity of 2Mt/yr.
Plant manager Abderrahim Ouahab said that the company plans to add new cement grades and a 25kg bag alongside its 50kg bag. It will also install a 300t/hr bag receiver, expand storage to 40,000t and build an automated packing plant with a capacity of 6000t/day.
US: Cemex will lay off a ‘significant’ portion of its workforce in November, according to the Denver Business Journal, which cited a company filing. Cemex wrote in a letter to labour officials on Thursday 8 October 2026 that ‘at least’ 70 workers at its plant in Boulder County would be laid off, starting on 21 November 2026. Cemex declined to say how many employees work at the plant, but The Colorado Sun reported on Wednesday 7 October 2026 that the 70 impacted workers ‘will be more than half’ of the plant’s total workforce. The company reportedly cited a ‘staff rebalancing’ as the reason for the decision. It did not give a reason for the staff rebalancing nor indicate whether more job cuts were planned.
In an email to the Denver Business Journal, a Cemex spokesperson said “Cemex will be rebalancing staffing levels at its Lyons cement plant beginning in the fall 2026, resulting in the elimination of some positions. Although positions will be eliminated, cement sales and distribution at the Lyons plant will continue.”
Switzerland: Cement deliveries reached a volume of 988,702t in the third quarter of 2026, representing a 1% year-on-year increase. 73% of cement delivered is in bulk form to ready-mix concrete plants. 20% of deliveries since the beginning of 2026 were destined for concrete plants. Cemsuisse said that demand for cement with reduced clinker content represents 98% of deliveries. Ordinary Portland cement only represents 1.3% of deliveries. It also said that there was an increasing proportion of deliveries by rail (31.5% of the total), due to the ‘difficult conditions’ associated with transport by road.
