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Holcim has completed the divestment of its Nigeria business, selling its entire 83.81% shareholding in Lafarge Africa PLC to Huaxin Cement at an equity value of USD 1 billion on a 100% basis before dividend adjustments.

The generation of fly ash from power plants in India increased in 5 years from 226.1 Mta in FY19-20 to 334 Mta in FY24-25.

In the coming years in Libya a number of new kiln lines are planned for a massive capacity expansion.

Nigeria’s Dangote Cement has become the largest cement company in Sub-Saharan Africa, operating in 10 countries.

First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of India Subramaniam Jaishankar held the 26th meeting of the Intergovernmental Russian-Indian Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technical and Cultural Cooperation in Moscow.

Syria’s General Company for Cement and Building Materials (Al-Omran) and UAE-based A³&Co. have signed a strategic cooperation agreement that aims to accelerate the transformation of Syria’s cement sector.

Mexico’s Cemento y Concreto Moctezuma released a 2030 roadmap, which aims to reduce CO2 emissions to less than 500 kg /t of cementitious materials.