Peru: Cementos Pacasmayo recorded sales of US$632m in 2025, up by 6% year-on-year. The producer’s earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) – excluding transaction-related expenses for its acquisition by Holcim – rose by 11% year-on-year, to US$47.4m. Combined sales volumes of cement and concrete rose by 8%, mainly due to increased infrastructure activity and bagged cement demand, according to the producer.

Russia: MMK subsidiary Magnitogorsk Cement and Refractory Plant has completed reconstruction of slag drying drum furnaces at its plant in Chelyabinsk Oblast. The furnaces feature recirculating burners to prevent the formation of NOx and reduce the energy consumption of slag drying by 10%, according to the company. AK&M News has reported that the producer is now installing an automated emissions control system at the plant.

Plant director Yuri Kochubeev said "It is fundamentally important for us to ensure the plant's efficiency increases, while strictly adhering to high environmental standards."

France: Vicat has won a Major Industrial Decarbonisation Projects grant for its Vicat Advanced Industrial Alliance carbon capture project from the French government. The project aims to capture and store 1.2Mt/yr of CO₂ from the company’s Montalieu-Vercieu cement plant, the largest in the country. DPA-AFX News has reported that the project previously won EU Innovation Fund backing in November 2025, with a final investment decision due in 2027.

India: Member of Parliament for Shillong Ricky Syngkon called for the suspension of the environmental clearance procedure for Shree Cement’s planned Daistong cement plant in Meghalaya on 15 February 2026. The planned 0.95Mt/yr integrated plant also includes 40,000t/yr additional cement grinding capacity, a 15MW captive power plant and a 7MW waste heat recovery plant.

Syngkon called on the Ministry for Environment, Forests and Climate Change to suspend the clearance procedure for the Daistong plant, pending an independent review into its impacts and alleged ‘procedural irregularities.’ He suggested risks to air quality, groundwater, rivers, agriculture and forest habitats. Press Trust of India News has reported that local residents alleged ‘serious deficiencies’ in a statutory public hearing, including obstruction from attending. Syngkon noted the ‘gravity of public concern.’