Belgium: Medcem Cement Group and Euroports have inaugurated a long-term partnership at the TA168 Fertilizers & Minerals Terminal in the Port of Antwerp-Bruges. Euroports and Medcem Cement Group launched the collaboration with the discharge of the first Medcem vessel in December 2025, which delivered 20,000t of CEM I 52.5 N cement. Medcem exports around 90% of its production to more than 20 countries.

The terminal has 2540m of quay length, 400,000t of storage capacity and ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certifications, with multimodal distribution via road and inland waterways.

Pakistan: Fauji Cement Company and utilities provider Kot Addu Power Company have entered into an agreement to jointly acquire 84% of Attock Cement Pakistan from Pharaon Investment Group (Holding). Mettis Global News has reported that the deal concludes a multi-bidder auction that commenced in 2025.

Mozambique: The Minister of Economy Basílio Muhate has laid the foundation stone for the construction of a new US$280m cement plant in Chibabava, Sofala Province. Muhate described the 1Mt/yr project as ‘a structural investment under the National Program to Industrialise Mozambique.’ The Chinese-funded plant will also have a 28MW captive power plant, to ‘position itself among the most important industrial ventures in the construction materials sector in the country,’ according to Muhate.

A government note added that the government hopes that the plant will significantly reduce cement imports, improve the country’s trade balance, increase domestic supply and reduce construction costs, with ‘positive impacts’ on housing, infrastructure and economic development. Without giving figures, the Ministry of Economy says that the venture will create direct and indirect jobs, with a special focus on local youth, associated with technical training, knowledge transfer, and the ‘enhancement of Mozambican human capital.’

The government added that the plant has the potential to export to the markets of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), while strengthening economic cooperation between Mozambique and China.
Cheng Biao, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sino Harbor Construction Group, one of the investors, says that after completion, scheduled for 2027, the project will ‘give new impetus to infrastructure construction and industrial development in Mozambique,’ promoting local economic prosperity and ‘improving the standard of living of its population in many ways.’

US: Eagle Materials recorded sales of US$1.83bn in the first nine months of the 2026 financial year (FY2026), up by 2% year-on-year. A 5% year-on-year rise in costs, to US$1.28bn, offset sales growth to precipitate an 8% decline in net earnings, to US$364m. Cement sales rose by 7% to US$938m. The producer sold 6.05Mt of cement, up by 7%. The group reported ‘good progress’ on an on-going upgrade to its Laramie cement plant Wyoming.

Eagle Materials issued US$750m of 10-year senior notes with an interest rate of 5% during the quarter, which extended its total debt maturity schedule and increased committed liquidity. A portion of the proceeds repaid its bank credit facility. It ended 2025 with debt of US$1.8bn, net debt of US$1.4bn and a net leverage ratio of 1.8 times.

President and CEO Michael Haack said "Despite a mixed construction environment, Eagle's portfolio of businesses continued to perform well during the third quarter of FY2026. While the residential construction market was challenged, federal, state, and local spending on public infrastructure projects and private non-residential construction remained elevated, supporting strong demand for our heavy construction products. Our low-cost operations continue to generate strong cashflow that we are investing to advance our operational efficiency and our low-cost position."