Asia & Pacific Rim

World Cement’s first in-person conference and exhibition is due to kick off on Sunday 10 March! Join cement industry professionals from around the world to discuss the cement industry's decarbonisation journey.

CRH and Adbri have entered into a binding agreement under which CRH will acquire the remaining 57% of the ordinary shares of Adbri not owned by Barro.

This agreement will establish Saint-Gobain's leading position in light and sustainable construction in Australia.

The GCCA's Innovandi Open Challenge 2024, which brings together tech start-ups and leading manufacturers in the pursuit of net zero, has launched.

The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) is launching Innovandi Open Challenge 2024 to help essential industry on its net zero mission.

The two leading representative bodies of the global cement industry have signed a milestone agreement to help accelerate decarbonisation of the sector across the world.

The pilot plant is to be built at TCC's Hoping plant and integrated into the existing production line.

Imran Akram, IA Cement, provides a summary of the Cement 2024 research report, which details expected trends, risks, and trade flows for the cement industry in 2024.

Managing Director Jayakumar Krishnaswamy of Nuvoco Vistas Corp. Ltd has provided a year-end quote for the state of the Indian cement industry in 2023.

CRH plc, together with the Barro Group, have entered into an agreement with Adbri Ltd relating to a potential transaction to acquire Adbri.

The World Cement Association (WCA) has endorsed global government efforts to advance low-carbon cement and concrete production, announced at the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai.

For the first time, a deal has been agreed at COP – the UN climate summit, which agrees to countries moving away from the use of fossil fuels.

Claudio Piccino, Simon Welzmiller and Raphael Yerly, Thermo Fisher Scientific, illustrate how analytical techniques in the cement industry enhance quality control and efficiency.

The GCCA has launched the third programme in its Innovandi brand, the Innovandi Entrepreneur Network.

John Terembula, FLSmidth, discusses ways to reduce the clinker factor using existing technologies and materials.