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Cement sales in Brazil totaled 5.7 million tonnes in May 2026, down 1.0 % from the same month a year earlier, according to the National Cement Industry Union (SNIC).

Holcim has launched the cement sector’s first industrial-scale test platform for CO₂ capture technologies in France. The new facility, CaptureLab, located in Martres-Tolosane, is designed to test and validate advanced solutions for reducing CO₂ emissions both for the company itself and for third-party partners.

Spirit Energy, a Centrica business, has announced a major milestone in the development of the Morecambe Net Zero (MNZ) Peak Cluster project, the world’s largest cement decarbonisation project. The UK’s North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has advanced the project into the Assess Phase under carbon storage licence (CS010), a key step toward preparing a permit application for underground CO₂ storage.

Shuntai Investments has announced plans to build a second cement production line in Zvishavane, located in Zimbabwe’s Midlands Province. The EPC contract for the new clinker production line, with a capacity of 6,000 tonnes per day, has been awarded to a Chinese engineering company.

A German equipment manufacturer will supply a vertical roller mill, type MVR 3750 R-4, to Libya for grinding cement raw materials.

Cement Australia has temporarily suspended operations at its Railton cement plant in Tasmania to upgrade the kiln fuel feeding and firing system. The project represents an investment of AUD 106 million (Australian dollars), including AUD 59.6 million in funding from the Australian Government.

Adani Group will invest more than USD 26 million in the construction of a new cement plant in Kharagpur, West Bengal. The facility will have a production capacity of 5 million tonnes of cement per year, with operations targeted to begin by 2028.