Trinidad & Tobago: Trinidad Cement (TCL) has announced a 15% cement price increase, which will be implemented on 9 February 2026. It blamed higher natural gas prices for the increase, the sixth in as many years.

"As the National Gas Company's previously announced increase in natural gas prices has now been confirmed retroactive to 1 January 2026, this is having a direct and significant impact on TCL's production costs," TCL noted in a statement. "TCL remains firmly committed to maintaining its operations in the country, supporting more than 350 direct employees and over 400 local contractors and suppliers, and continuing its contribution to the economy as a leading foreign exchange generator, with exports expected to exceed US$40m in 2026."
TCL also highlighted wider pressures on the manufacturing sector, saying it has experienced significant increases in manufacturing costs, including raw materials, packaging, and general inflationary pressures, which it said had already ‘materially impacted’ production costs.

France: Vicat Group has received two 100% electric trucks from Renault Trucks, which will operate from SATM Transport, the group’s transport and logistics subsidiary in Chambéry, Savoie, south east France. SATM Transport will use the trucks to transport cement and aggregates – without CO¬2 emissions – in the Rhône-Alpes and Savoie regions.

Morocco: Cement deliveries were 1.04Mt in January 2026, a decrease of 19% compared to January 2025, according to the Ministry of National Territorial Planning, Urban Development, Housing and Urban Policy.

By segment, deliveries intended for distribution were 533,870t, followed by deliveries to ready-mix concrete plants of 374,256t, to precast concrete plants of 119,500t, to building sites of 35,080t, to infrastructure of 76,023t and to mortars plants of 5565t.

These statistics come from internal data from members of the Professional Association of Cement Manufacturers (APC), namely Asment Temara, Ciments de l’Atlas, Ciments du Maroc, LafargeHolcim Maroc and Novacim.

Sweden: The Land and Environment Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of the county administrative board in a dispute over bottom sediment in the bay outside Heidelberg Materials' Slite cement plant on Gotland.

The county administrative board has demanded investigations into levels of, among other things, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS – so-called ‘forever chemicals’), uranium, dioxins, furans, aliphatic hydrocarbons, poly-aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and heavy metals such as chromium in the bay. The authority assesses that the area is contaminated and that this may pose risks to both the environment and human health, with links to the cement plant's historical and current operations in Slite.