India: Property development and manufacturing conglomerate Elpro International has acquired a minority stake in Adani Group subsidiary Ambuja Cements for US$649,000, ScanX News has reported. It notified the BSE Limited stock exchange of the transaction on 13 April 2026.
Indonesia: Government Minister for Standardisation and Industrial Services PoIicy Emmy Suryandari says that the Indonesian cement sector’s revenues rose by 6.2% year-on-year in 2025. Exports were valued at US$443m, up by 18%, with their primary destination being Bangladesh, followed by Australia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Taiwan. The industry serves a domestic demand of 64Mt/yr, with a current installed capacity of 122Mt/yr. It employed 900,000 people in 2025. In 2010 – 2025, the sector reduced its clinker factor from 81% to 68%, raised its alternative fuels (AF) substitution rate from 3% to 13%, and reduced its Scope 1 and 2 CO2 emissions from 724kg/t to 566kg/t of cement equivalent, surpassing its 2025 target.
LKBN News has reported that Suryandari said "The global cement industry is currently navigating a complex business environment shaped by three major influences: urbanisation, decarbonisation and digitisation."
Austria: Austria will require a 1000km-long CO₂ pipeline through the Alps to serve its 2050 goal of 100% industrial carbon capture. A study by the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) found that the pipeline would cost €10.7bn and transport 9.2Mt/yr of CO2 by 2040, 13% of Austria’s entire CO2 emissions. A main line would run from Linz in Upper Austria to Vienna, then on to Burgenland and Styria before entering Italy, where CO₂ would be exported for storage under the Adriatic or North Seas.
UBA studied 31 Austrian industrial plants, including all cement and lime plants nationally, and found that carbon capture is presently uneconomical for all plants, based on an EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) credit price of €70/t. It modelled one proposed scenario in which the government funds 50% of the entire cost of industrial carbon capture systems and transport infrastructure, at a total €7.3bn over a 13-year construction period.
New Zealand: Fletcher Building has reported its sales volumes across its business during the third quarter of its 2026 financial year (1 January – 31 March 2026). Cement subsidiary Golden Bay cement sold 98.3Mt, down by 2% year-on-year; concrete subsidiary Firth sold 94.3Mm³ of ready-mix concrete, down by 1%, and 62.6Mm³ of concrete blocks, down by 0.8%, and concrete pipes subsidiary Humes sold 50.8Mm³, down by 5%.
Fletcher Building characterised its heavy building materials performance during the period as ‘mixed,’ with new major infrastructure project starts helping to offset declines elsewhere.
