US: Titan has announced that its subsidiary Titan America has entered into an agreement to acquire Keystone Cement, a Pennsylvania-based cement manufacturer and aggregates producer. The transaction includes an integrated cement plant with a clinker production capacity of 0.9Mt/yr, positioned to serve an addressable market of 5.6Mt/yr across Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware and Ohio. Titan says that the acquisition is expected to accelerate top-line growth, enhance geographic diversification and improve operating margins through ‘integration synergies’. The deal will reportedly generate ‘substantial’ operational and commercial benefits through integration with its existing US assets, including Essex Cement in New Jersey and Roanoke Cement in Virginia, as well as Titan America’s fly ash processing and marketing facilities operated by subsidiary Separation Technologies across Pennsylvania and Ohio.

The transaction price is US$310m, equivalent to approximately US$344/t of current clinker production capacity. Completion of the acquisition is subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.

Marcel Cobuz, chair of the group executive committee, said the transaction aligns with Titan’s ‘Titan Forward 2029’ strategic priorities, focusing on expanding cement capacity and accelerating inorganic growth. “This acquisition in the US complements the recent acquisitions of an integrated cement plant in the Greater Istanbul Market with US export potential, a cement grinding plant in France, aggregates bolt-ons in Greece, along with investment partnerships in pozzolan in Greece and Türkiye as well as in fly ash facilities in the UK and in India,” he said.

Argentina: Geocycle, the sustainable waste management subsidiary of Holcim, has announced an investment of US$1.5m to install a new urban waste treatment line in Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba. The project will have an initial processing capacity of 38,400t/yr and is intended to modernise the local waste treatment system while advancing a circular economy model.

The new technology will enable municipal waste from Villa Carlos Paz and surrounding towns to be converted into alternative fuels, which will be integrated into cement production. Geocycle said the initiative will help divert waste from landfill, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and partially replace the fossil fuels used in cement manufacturing. The new infrastructure will also reportedly improve waste sorting and conditioning, maximising material recovery and increasing the recovery of usable materials.

In Argentina, Geocycle currently operates three co-processing facilities located in Jujuy, Mendoza and Córdoba, along with a waste pre-conditioning facility, a post-consumer plastics separation station and another facility in the city of Córdoba.

Cambodia: The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has issued a licence for a new cement plant project in Kratie province with a registered investment capital of US$286m, according to the Khmer Times. In its annual report released in January 2026, the CDC said that the project was approved under the qualified investment project framework. Ung Dipola, director-general for Mineral Resources at the Ministry of Mines and Energy, confirmed that the cement capacity of the plant is 1Mt/yr and would bring the total number of cement plants in the country to seven. It is expected to be operational by the end of 2026 or 2027.

Cambodia currently has six operational cement plants - Kampot Cement, Battambang Conch Cement, Chip Mong Insee Cement, Cambodia Cement, Thai Boon Roong Cement and Conch KT Cement - which together produce around 14Mt/yr. Domestic cement demand is estimated at 9-10Mt/yr.

Dipola said that the sector has demonstrated resilient supply capacity, allowing Cambodia to meet domestic demand and even export cement. Since 2023, the country has imported only small volumes of cement, having transitioned from full reliance on imports to self-sufficiency and export capability. Cambodia approved 3503 construction projects in 2025 with a total investment value of US$7.32bn, up 69% year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction. Meanwhile, data from the Ministry of Commerce showed imports of construction materials reached US$2.36bn between January and November 2025, a 31% increase compared to the same period a year earlier.

Egypt: IRSC for Renewable Energy Solutions has agreed to supply renewable electricity to El Nahda Cement under a long-term power purchase agreement linked to a new solar project it will develop and operate. The 30-year PPA was signed between El Nahda Industries and Cobalt, an IRSC subsidiary, at a ceremony attended by Egypt’s minister of public business sector Mohamed Sheimy. Under the agreement, Cobalt will finance, build and operate a 27MW solar power plant to supply El Nahda’s cement facility in Qena governorate. The project will be delivered through a public-private partnership structure, with El Nahda purchasing the renewable electricity at agreed prices over the contract term. Cobalt will be responsible for technical studies, financing, engineering, procurement, construction, operation and maintenance.

Sheimy said that switching to clean power would strengthen El Nahda’s competitiveness and support compliance with the EU’s carbon border mechanism. El Nahda’s cement plant in Qena has been operating since 2012 and has a cement production capacity of about 1.5Mt/yr.