Vietnam: The country exported 2.9Mt of cement and clinker worth US$111m in June 2026, up by 9% in volume and 5.5% in value year-on-year, according to the latest figures from the government’s National Statistics Office (NSO).

In the first six months of 2026, Vietnam earned US$722m from exporting 19.4Mt of cement and clinker, up by 15% year-on-year in value and 16% year-on-year in volume. In 2025, Vietnam earned US$1.37bn from exporting 37.12Mt of cement and clinker, up by 20% year-on-year in value and 25% year-on-year in volume.

Brazil: Votorantim Cimentos is investing US$51m in expanding its plant in Xambioá in the state of Tocantins. It will build a new grinding line at the plant to increase production capacity by 0.5Mt/yr, or 50%, to a total of 1.5Mt/yr starting in July 2028. The expansion is part of the company’s US$981m investment programme to grow its operations in Brazil between 2024 and 2028. US$608m is reportedly already underway, including the investment in Xambioá. Votorantim said that the project at the plant will move forward in conjunction with the ongoing modernisation of the kiln and development into low-carbon cement.

Kyrgyzstan: The production of construction materials in Kyrgyzstan has increased by 33% according to Ainura Mamanova, head of the industry and energy statistics department at the National Statistical Committee. This growth was primarily driven by a 27% increase in the output of cement products and a 44% surge in raw cement manufacturing. Mamanova reported that the country produced 2.43Mt of cement from January to June 2026, marking an increase of 0.4Mt compared to the same period in 2025.

UK/India: Gigaton has secured contracts with JK Cement and Adani Cement, specifically AI-powered process optimisation and control at JK Cement’s Mangrol plant in Rajasthan and at Adani Cement’s Marwar Mundwa facility. Coinciding with the announcement of the UK-India trade deal on 15 July 2026, it targets savings across the company’s facilities of US$100m and 4Mt of CO₂ emissions over five years. The software has been running at the Mangrol plant for nine months and is expected to be deployed at the Marwar Mundwa facility soon, with the agreement having been signed earlier in July 2026.