Russia: Topkinsky Cement, the main cement plant operated by JSC Sibirsky Cement Holding Company produced over 1.7Mt of cement in 2025, a 19% year-on-year fall compared to 2024, according to a company press release. The decrease in production was associated with a significant drop in demand for cement.

"The situation in the cement market remains challenging,” said Topinsky Cement’s Managing Director Alexei Ospelnikov. “Much depends on accelerating the pace of housing construction, launching new projects and implementing significant federal, regional and national projects.”

India: UltraTech Cement has commissioned an additional 2.7Mt/yr of grinding capacity at its Aligarh plant in Uttar Pradesh. Following the upgrade, the unit now has a total cement grinding capacity of 4Mt/yr. The company says it has a total capacity of 13.1Mt/yr in the state and around 191Mt/yr in the country.

Japan: Taiheiyo Cement has announced its consolidated financial results for the nine months to 31 December 2025. Its net sales for the period were US$4.3bn, a 1.6% year-on-year fall from US$4.4bn in the first nine months of 2024. Its profit attributable to the owners was US$114m, a 66% fall year-on-year from US$336m in the same period of 2024.

India: Indian Railways says that changes to its pricing and other measures have made bulk transportation more attractive to cement producers. The Container Corporation of India (CONCOR) has also started installing more silos at its terminals to make bulk cement handling easier. As well as reducing the transportation price, Indian Railways has introduced discounts for empty return movements to originating terminals. The changes are intended to reduce the overall freight cost for bulk cement movement. The response so far has been described as ‘very good” but no data has been released by the government organisations so far.