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Spain’s Ministry of Industry and Tourism has approved EUR 518 million in subsidies for 17 new projects under the first track of the Industrial Decarbonization PERTE, a government programme supporting projects to reduce industrial emissions. The measures are being implemented under the 2026 Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan.

On June 25, a video conference meeting chaired by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev was held, dedicated to the development of the building materials industry and priority tasks for the future.

A modern electrostatic precipitator has been commissioned on rotary kiln No. 2 at LLC “Topkinsky Cement” (a subsidiary of JSC “HC “Sibcem”). The implementation of this project completed a long-term program for replacing gas cleaning equipment in the “Obzhig” kiln department: all five rotary kilns at the enterprise are now equipped with modern electrostatic precipitators.

Sweden’s Cemvision and a major German industrial technology conglomerate have signed a strategic agreement to develop and scale production of near-zero carbon cement facilities.

The Ebonyi State Government has commenced the implementation of plans to establish a new cement factory in Nkalagu (Nigeria) as part of its strategy for industrialisation, job creation, and economic development.

TITAN Egypt and SolarizEgypt have signed a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for the development of an 11.45 MW solar power plant at TITAN Egypt’s Beni Suef Cement Plant.

Nigeria’s Minister of Works, David Umahi, has called on cement manufacturers to immediately reduce prices, saying that the current cost of the product is placing pressure on ongoing infrastructure projects and increasing demands from contractors for contract variations. According to the minister, the federal government will engage cement manufacturers from July 1 on the issue of cement prices.