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Holcim Romania, together with its partner Carmeuse, will receive a grant from the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency for the implementation of the CPT01 carbon hub project. Additional support for the initiative is provided by the Innovation Fund.

Vietnamese company HUD Kien Giang, a leading building materials manufacturing and supply group in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, ordered a new 8000 tpd clinker line. The project has been awarded in an EPC contract. 

Holcim Philippines has announced the commissioning of a new alternative fuel (AFR) handling and dosing system at its La Union cement plant in Bacnotan on the island of Luzon.

Holcim inaugurated Europe’s largest floating solar power plant at its Obourg cement plant in Belgium, with a capacity of 31 MW.

India’s JK Lakshmi Cement has announced a major capacity expansion program in its core markets across the country.

Mexican building materials producer Cemex has announced that it is in the process of divesting certain operations in Colombia. The divestment is expected to take place through several separate transactions with different parties by the end of the year. 

The Swiss company Holcim has agreed to acquire building materials and solutions operations in Colombia in a deal valued at 485 million USD.