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The new mill will increase production capacity by 210,000 tonnes of cement at the Durkee plant in Oregon.

Bamburi Cement PLC, now a subsidiary of Tanzanian conglomerate Amsons Group, will build a new clinker plant at a cost of $250 million in Matuga, Kwale County.

The carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at Heidelberg Materials’ Padeswood cement plant in North Wales is moving toward implementation. The facility will use carbon capture technology to capture around 0.8 Mt of CO₂ per year.

At a meeting of the intergovernmental commission in Baku, the parties agreed on measures to expand cooperation in industry, housing construction, and infrastructure projects.

Holcim has completed two acquisitions of demolition materials recycling businesses and agreed to make a third, accelerating circular construction across Europe. The three companies have a combined annual permitted processing capacity of around 1.3 million tons.

Syria’s General Company for the Manufacturing and Marketing of Cement and Building Materials held talks with a Chinese investment delegation on expanding technical, commercial and investment cooperation in the cement and construction materials sector.

Ebonyi State Governor Francis Nwifuru has unveiled a landmark $604 million budget proposal for the 2026 fiscal year. A major highlight of the budget is the planned construction of a new state-owned cement factory.