Spain: Molins sales revenue fell by 5% year-on-year top €659m in the first half of 2025 due to negative currency exchange effects in Mexico and Argentina. Its earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) dropped by 8% to €175m. However, both sales and earnings rose if adjusted for currency effects due to price rises and good performance otherwise in Europe and South America.

Marcos Cela, the CEO of Molins, said, "The results for the first half of 2025 reflect the strength of our business model, capable of responding firmly in a complex global environment, which has continued to be marked by economic uncertainty and currency volatility.” In June 2025 the group said it had spent €100m on expansion in the precast concrete sector by buying Portugal-based precast concrete producer Concremat and by starting to build a new plant in Spain.

Sri Lanka: KPN Cement Lanka has launched a fly ash cement product in conjunction with Japan-based Taiheiyo Cement. The product, called Taishi Cement, will be available for large-scale infrastructure projects, real estate developments and government initiatives, according to the Daily Financial Times newspaper. KPN Cement Lanka and Taiheiyo Cement are also intending to promote an awareness programme for sustainable construction practices in the country.

Taiheiyo Cement launched an export hub for blended cements in June 2025 called the Saiki Ash Center in Saiki City, Oita Prefecture. The site is intended to export fly ash-based blended cement products to Southeast Asia. It has an export capacity 0.8Mt/yr.

Canada: Ash Grove, part of CRH, and Carbon Upcycling Technologies have broken ground on a carbon capture and utilisation unit at the Mississauga cement plant in Ontario. The project will use Carbon Upcycling's technology to sequester CO₂ from the cement kiln and use it to turn industrial byproducts into supplementary cementitious materials (SCM). Once operational in 2026, the facility will have the capacity to produce up to 30,000t/yr of SCMs.

"Carbon 1 Mississauga is a milestone in our journey to build world-leading, domestic supply chains in North America. It will stand as a testament to the shared commitment of our team, our partners at CRH and Ash Grove, and the local community who share our vision for a resilient, clean tomorrow,” said Apoorv Sinha, CEO of Carbon Upcycling.

The Carbon 1 Mississauga project is being delivered through a multi-stakeholder collaboration. CRH Ventures, the venture capital unit of CRH, has invested in Carbon Upcycling and is playing a role in scaling the company's technology. The project has been awarded around US$7m in federal government funding from the Next Generation Manufacturing's Sustainable Manufacturing Program, the Environment and Climate Change Canada's Low-Carbon Economy Fund and is receiving advisory services and funding from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program.

US: CRH has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Eco Material Technologies, a leading supplier of supplementary cementitious materials (SCM) in North America, for a total consideration of US$2.1bn. The business will subsequently operate as Eco Material Technologies, a CRH Company. CRH says that the deal positions it to meet growing demand for cementitious products for the modernisation of North America’s infrastructure and that it secures a long-term supply of critical materials in the region.

Eco Material is headquartered in Utah and operates a national network of fresh and harvested fly ash, pozzolans, synthetic gypsum and ‘green cement’ operations across a network of over 125 stockpiles, production facilities and terminals. The company partners with electric utilities to process and recycle approximately 7Mt/yr of fly ash and 3Mt/yr of synthetic gypsum and other materials, with additional capacity currently under construction.

The proposed transaction is subject to regulatory approval and customary closing conditions and is expected to close in 2025. CRH plans to fund the transaction with cash on hand and does not expect any change in its credit ratings.