On March 10, Lehigh Cement was approved by Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection to use a new technology in its kilns to help reduce nitrogen oxide emissions.

Novotroyitske cement plant has started up the new electrostatic precipitator on kiln number 3. The new system should result in a 30% reduction in dust emissions.

Southern Cement Company has received six large power generators to supply its Kufa cement plant with electricity. Each one of the generators have a 5MW capacity.

West China Cement (WCC) said it successfully fired the Ankang kiln on December 28, 2008. Full production of cement is expected to start shortly and is expected to reach design capacity by the end of the second quarter of this year.

Australia's Blue Circle Southern Cement is starting a $21 million overhaul of its Number 6 kiln at the Berrima cement plant, despite a poor economic state.

Finnish equipment maker Wartsila announced on Thursday that it has won a major order for a 100 MW multi-fuel power plant from Lafarge Wapco.

Following nationalization, the Venezuelan government has been under-investing in the former Cemex operation with deteriorating operating performance as a result, company workers said.

China’s cement engineering company, CBMI Construction (an affiliate of Sinoma), has opened a new branch office in Azerbaijan, presumably linked to local Holcim and Lafarge projects.