South Africa: The Simuma cement plant in KwaZulu-Natal province, which was acquired by Huaxin Building Materials (HBM) in December 2023, is upgrading its equipment after being in operation for decades.

"The operations here started in 1984, so it was in dire need to be upgraded, modernised and made efficient," said Simuma plant manager Rory Govender. "When HBM took over the plant and started the expansion and upgrading, we were very excited. It is something that we wanted for a long time."

Key facilities, including the preheater tower and clinker cooler, have been upgraded, alongside improvements to the limestone quarry and other parts of the production line. A waste heat recovery system has also been introduced, which now generates around 30% of the plant’s power. According to Govender, clinker output from Kiln 2 has risen from about 1500t/day to 4000t/day after removing bottlenecks, while Kiln 1, which has been operating for more than four decades, has increased from about 1500t/day to 2200t/day.

"The plant now has a clinker production capacity of about 1.8Mt/yr and a cement production capacity of around 2.5Mt/yr," said Govender.

Australia: Green360 Technologies has secured a binding agreement to supply Eifers Civil with up to 4800t of its MKX metakaolin supplementary cementitious material product, at a fixed price of US$173/t delivered, over an initial 12-month period. Green360 said that it had already used MKX-containing concrete in major infrastructure in Melbourne, with more than 3500m³ poured across infrastructure projects in the city. Together with Holcim, its supply agreements now cover up to 9600t. The company estimates the value of the contract to generate approximately US$831,000 of revenue for the initial 12-month supply period.

Peru: 1.31Mt of cement was shipped in Peru in September 2026, registering an increase of 11% year-on-year. 1.16Mt of cement was produced, equivalent to a growth of 10% year-on-year. 0.89Mt of clinker was produced, representing an increase of 33% compared to September 2025. 0.86Mt of cement was exported, showing a decrease of 17% year-on-year, and 36,083t of clinker was exported, equivalent to a decrease of 49%. 71,932t of cement was imported: 82% via the Port of Chancay from Vietnam; 13% via the Tacna Bus Terminal from Chile, and 5% via the Port of Matarani via Vietnam.

UAE: Shree Cement subsidiary Union Cement Company has commissioned a new US$31.3m, 3Mt/yr grinding plant in Ras Al Khaimah. The plant is equipped with a vertical roller mill, with an integrated grinding and separation system.

Press Trust of India News has reported that the plant increases the subsidiary’s installed cement capacity by 75%, to 7Mt/yr. India-based Shree Cement has a total global production capacity of 76.3Mt/yr. It has a renewable power generation capacity of 635MW, accounting for 66% of group energy consumption in the first quarter of the (current) 2027 financial year.