Philippines: The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) launched the Philippines’ first Cement and Concrete Decarbonisation Roadmap on 29 June 2026, the second of its kind in South East Asia, after Thailand’s. The roadmap sets out decarbonisation strategies with five-year milestones through to 2050. Strategies include increasing supplementary cementitious materials deployment, renewable energy consumption and energy efficiency, as well as installing carbon capture systems at cement plants. The Business Mirror newspaper has reported that the government of Canada, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Cement Manufacturers Association of the Philippines (CeMAP) all collaborated on drafting the roadmap, with funding from Environment and Climate Change Canada.

Taiwan: Asia Cement (China) has won a 2026 Asia Responsible Enterprise Awards (AREA) award in the Social Empowerment category for its Co-Governance Plan with Tribes and Communities: Long-Term Actions to Build Local Social Resilience strategy. The strategy includes operational integration of community consultation and Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) procedures, and support for cultural preservation, disaster preparedness and post-disaster recovery. As a result, the producer also received an AREA Silver Emblem of Sustainability for its efforts under the plan.

Asia Cement (China) has previously won AREA awards across the Circular Economy, Corporate Governance, Green Leadership, Health and Sanitation, Social Empowerment and Sustainability Reporting categories every year since first entering in 2018.

Saudi Arabia: India-based software developer Mastek has successfully digitised operations at Yanbu Cement’s Yanbu cement plant in Medina province. Mastek deployed automation, industrial internet of things (IoT) and integrated enterprise platforms throughout the plant’s 5.9Mt/yr integrated cement production and 10Mt/yr despatch processes. The plant also handles 220,000 truck movements annually. Mastek installed Oracle Fusion Cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, integrated with IoT-enabled weighbridges, automated gate systems, GPS-driven transit tracking and a unified dashboard to provide real-time visibility from order to delivery. A new customer-facing digital portal facilitates order placement and live shipment tracking. As a result of these operational changes, truck turnaround time halved.

Yanbu Cement CEO Ali Al Ayed said "The transformation has enhanced operational efficiency and reduced costs, leading to quick turnaround and accelerated deliveries."

Yanbu Cement hired Mastek for the project in 2024, extending a digital and cloud transformation programme the two partners began in 2022.

India: UltraTech Cement has received an 82,000t consignment of coal from the US into Deendayal Port in Gujarat. Maritime Gateway News has reported that a Hong Kong, China-registered vessel made the delivery.

UltraTech Cement’s local cement plants include the Babarkot and Kovaya plants, both in Amarli district.