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The Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA) has supported the carbon capture and storage (CCS) project of Schwenk Latvia. As part of the project, the company plans to install a CCS system at its cement plant in Brocēni, which from 2032 will reduce CO₂ emissions by 0.8 million tonnes annually. This corresponds to around 7 % of Latvia’s total greenhouse gas emissions balance. Total investments in the project are expected to exceed 500 million EUR.

JSW Cement has commissioned an integrated greenfield plant in Nagaur, Rajasthan, marking the company’s first such facility in North India.

Heidelberg Materials plans to significantly expand its cement capacity in India through HeidelbergCement India Ltd. (HCIL). The projects will add to HCIL’s existing capacity of 12.3 Mta in the country.

PPC Zimbabwe has signed a memorandum of cooperation with an international engineering company, providing for the modernization of existing facilities, improvements in their operational efficiency and capacity, and the exploration of opportunities for further production expansion.

Lucky Cement announced the groundbreaking of a second production line at the CIMKO plant in the Democratic Republic of Congo, developed in partnership with Rawji Group.

Hunnewell Cement has announced the launch of a large-scale project to increase the capacity of its cement plant in Kaspi to 2.0 million tons per year. The expansion is aimed at fully reducing the country’s dependence on imported cement and strengthening domestic production capacity.

Vietnam has launched a pilot greenhouse gas (GHG) emission quota system for the cement sector. In the first phase, covering 2025–2026, the scheme applies to 110 cement plants across the country.