India: Cement producers saw strong sales in the second quarter of the 2026 Fiscal Year (FY2026), due to steady prices and higher sales volumes. Seasonal weakness and maintenance outages did dent ...

India: Adani-led Adani Enterprises has reportedly beaten Vedanta in the race to take over the debt-laden Jaiprakash Associates, despite Vedanta placing the highest overall bid in an electronic auction ...

Cumulative consumption in the first 10 months of 2025 saw growth of 10.9% to reach 13.7Mt, 1.3Mt more than in the first 10 months of 2024. Cement exports in 2025 grew by 6.3% year-on-year to 403,782t.

France/Syria: The former Lafarge CEO Bruno Lafont has taken the witness stand at the start of a hearing that will focus on the alleged financing of the Islamic State in Syria in the early 2010s.