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Leading innovative and sustainable building solutions company, Lafarge Africa Plc, has announced the launch of Eco Label brand to transparently communicate the environmental benefits of its sustainable building solutions. The Eco Label branding builds on the company’s net zero pledge and supports its ambition to accelerate green construction with the use of lower-footprint products.

Derba Cement embarks on an ambitious plant expansion that will double its daily production to 150,000qtl upon completion. If realised, the company will be the largest cement producer in Ethiopia.

Serebryansky Cement Plant has successfully completed a joint project with Gazprom Mezhregiongaz LLC on connecting to gas networks. Thanks to the plant's gasification, CO2 emissions will be reduced by 15-17 %, electricity consumption – by 4.2 % and the risk of work-related illnesses – by 14 %.

Nuvoco Vistas Corp. Ltd., a cement group in India, has successfully completed its Alternative Fuel Resource (AFR) project at Risda Cement Plant (RCP) in Chhattisgarh and Nimbol Cement Plant (NCP) in Rajasthan. By incorporating alternative fuels, the company aims to minimise environmental impact and decrease the usage of traditional fossil fuels.

Bulgaria’s Devnya Cement is on track to become the first cement producer in Eastern Europe with a zero carbon footprint, thanks to an innovative carbon capture and storage project it is about to implement. The project, valued at EUR 750 million, has already received EUR 190 million in financing from the EU Innovation Fund, according to local media.

Holcim, EDF, IFPEN ("Institut Français du Pétrole et des Energies Nouvelles") and Axens are joining forces to develop e-kerosene that will contribute to decarbonize France’s aviation industry. Holcim will join “Take Kair” project with its cement plant in Saint-Pierre-La-Cour, where it will capture biogenic CO2; IPFEN and its affiliate Axens will provide the technology for the synthesis; EDF will turn the CO2 into e-kerosene, a synthetic sustainable aviation fuel (e-SAF). As a partner, Air France-KLM will be the main buyer of the e-kerosene produced by this new industrial activity.

CB Green, a division of Groupe CB focused on delivering low carbon and circular economy solutions for the concrete and construction industries, and Ecocem, Europe’s leading independent provider of low carbon cement technologies, today announced a long term cooperation agreement to establish a new joint venture which will support the scale-up of Ecocem’s low carbon ACT technology by 2025, and CB Green’s ambitions to deliver low carbon solutions to the construction industry.