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Holcim Polska and Geocycle have conducted a technological trial at the Małogoszcz cement plant, during which clinker and cement were produced for several days without the use of coal. The process was powered entirely by alternative fuels.
Ecocem and Tata Steel IJmuiden in the Netherlands have signed a memorandum of understanding to advance the use of BOF and EAF steel slags as next-generation materials for low-carbon cement. The slags will be used as Supplementary Cementitious Materials (SCMs).
Iran has started exporting clinker to Turkey by rail from the Hashtgerd station, located near the cement plant in Abyek.
Serbia's economy ministry said it has agreed to provide a 10.6 million euro ($12.3 million) subsidy to Lafarge Srbija, part of Swiss building materials maker Holcim Group, to help finance the construction of a new cement plant in Belgrade's Obrenovac municipality.
Romania’s minister of economy, Radu Miruta, announced that he has requested the European Commission to examine the possibility of restricting cement imports from outside the European Union, citing concerns of unfair competition raised by local producers.
The inauguration of the Central Africa Cement SA (CAC) cement plant in in the Edéa 1st represents a major step forward in the strategy of industrialization and local transformation of the country's mineral resources
The Punjab government has approved setting up a new cement plant in Chakwal.