April 2026, Huaxin Building Materials issued the Announcement on the Action Plan of "Improving Quality, Increasing Efficiency and Increasing Returns" in 2026, in which one of the data was particularly noticeable: the planned capital expenditure in 2026 was 15 billion yuan, focusing on overseas mergers and acquisitions and the improvement of existing cement production capacity.
15 billion yuan, what does this figure mean? By contrast, industry leaders with more abundant cash flow and also vigorously exploring overseas markets " This is not just a financial figure. It is also a strategic signal that Huaxin Building Materials is betting on overseas markets with unprecedented strength.
In terms of market, with the intensification of the contradiction between supply and demand, in order to compete for limited market share, the vicious competition among enterprises intensified. In 2025, thanks to the high price at the beginning of the year and the decrease of coal cost, the performance of domestic cement enterprises in 2025 generally recovered significantly, but it was difficult to hide the downturn of the market, and the price of domestic The industry predicts that domestic cement demand will continue to decline and will fall to about 1 billion tons. The industry has entered the era of stock competition, the market has little room for expansion, and capacity reduction will be the primary issue of the domestic cement industry for a long time to come. Going overseas and embracing the international market has become the key breakthrough point for the future development of domestic cement enterprises. Overseas Layout of Huaxin Building Materials: From Pathfinder to Forerunner In fact, as early as before the domestic cement market entered the downward channel, many large cement group enterprises had foreseen the current predicament and started to open up overseas markets, and Huaxin Building Materials was one of them. Huaxin Building Materials is one of the earliest overseas enterprises in China's cement industry. As early as more than 10 years ago, Huaxin began to establish a base in Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan), relying on the upsurge of infrastructure construction along the "the Belt and Road", and accumulated valuable overseas operational experience. It is worth noting that, The Huaxin Kyrgyz Gulf project is more than a " Lafarge Africa has four large cement plants in Nigeria, with an annual production capacity of 10.6 million tons, which has great influence in the region. Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa, with strong demand for infrastructure and huge potential in the cement market. After the acquisition, Huaxin Building Materials can not only deeply enter the Nigerian cement market, but also make its overseas cement grinding capacity exceed 40 million tons and clinker capacity exceed 26 million tons, making it the largest overseas cement enterprise in China; It is worth mentioning that just last month, the industry once again spread the news of large-scale acquisition of overseas assets by Huaxin Building Materials. According to local media reports, Brazil's Votorantim and Huaxin Cement are bidding for the cement business of Brazil's National Steel Company (CSN), which could be worth up to $3 billion. Combined with the previous Huaxin Building Materials acquisition of Brazil Enbu Aggregate Project, the new aggregate production capacity is 8.8 million tons per year. If it can be successfully incorporated into CSN cement business, it will undoubtedly greatly enhance the influence of Huaxin Cement in the South American cement building materials market. 
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