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Due to the scheduled launch, the Western area of the Vankinsky quarry is being prepared for operation. The investment in this important industrial facility will exceed RUB 170 million. The new site will be ready by 2024.

Krasnoyarsk Cement (a subsidiary of Sibcem Holding) sums up the results of work for six months of 2023. In the period from January to June, the company produced 333.8 thou. tonnes of cement. Compared to last year, the production volume increased by 19 %.

The International Finance Corp (IFC) has proposed a US$150 million loan to Votorantim Cimentos S.A., one of the largest Brazilian producers of cement and the subsidiaries of Votorantim S.A.

As part of its decarbonisation strategy, Heidelberg Materials pioneers a large-scale closed-loop recycling project called CIRCO₂BETON®. As a first in France, the company will install an industrial scale selective separation platform at its Achères quarry near Paris, where demolished concrete will be crushed using novel processes and separated into its components: sand, aggregates, and recycled concrete paste (RCP).

Decreased demand and increased costs have put Vietnamese cement makers in a difficult spot financially during the first quarter of 2023, said industry insiders and experts.

On June 28, 2023 at 12:00 a.m. the official opening ceremony of the Cementum plant in Voskresensk (Moscow region) took place.

In 12 months, the plant produced 0.8 million tons of cement – 2 % more than in 2021. The company produced, in particular, 0.5 million tons of CEM I 42.5N and 0.1 million tons of CEM II/A-G 32.5B. These types of products proved to be the most in demand on the market last year.