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Amrize will hold an official ceremony to mark the start of modernization work at its cement plant in Saint-Constant, Quebec.

The Government of Afghanistan and the investors of the Aybak Cement Project have signed a Mining Lease Agreement for mineral deposits in Samangan Province, Northern Afghanistan.

Qatrana Cement Company will convert its captive power plant, which provides energy for a cement manufacturing plant in Karak, Jordan, to natural gas. The project will be carried out by the Finnish technology group on the installed engines at the site.

The Danish Energy Agency, Energistyrelsen, has signed a contract with Aalborg Portland A/S for the capture, transport and storage of 1.25 million tonnes of CO₂ per year. The agreement follows Denmark’s largest tender in the field of CCS — carbon capture and storage.

Heidelberg Materials has changed the concept for CO₂ transport and storage as part of the ANRAV decarbonisation project at the Devnya cement plant in Bulgaria. The company has opted for local underground CO₂ storage close to the plant instead of the initially considered option of injection under the Black Sea.

A new cement plant will be built in Chegutu, Zimbabwe, in September 2026. The project is valued at USD 100 million. Construction of the cement facility is more than 90 % complete, and the project is now moving into the equipment installation phase.

The introduction of an 85-percent electricity restriction for Iran’s cement industry could disrupt cement production and distribution, said Ali Akbar Alvandian, Secretary General of the Association of Cement Industry Employers.