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Cement despatches in Pakistan faced a significant setback in June 2023, with a decline of 22.8%. This decline has raised concerns about the state of the cement industry and its potential impact on the country’s economy. Data released by the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) revealed that total cement despatches in June 2023 were 4.063 million tonnes, compared to 5.264 million tonnes in the same period the previous year.

InterCement Participações S.A. announced that it has reached an agreement with Huaxin Cement Co. Ltd., regarding the sale of the Company's businesses in Mozambique and South Africa (collectively, the “Africa Business”).

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.

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.

Holcim US announced a milestone clean energy investment in northeast Michigan with a new partnership to bring the company’s largest solar project in the Midwest to its cement plant in Alpena. When combined with existing renewable energy efforts, the solar initiative will help the plant self-generate 75 percent of its electric power needs with green energy—an important step toward fulfilling Holcim’s pledge to power all of its US operations with 100 percent renewable energy by 2030.

On 13 June, Minister of Investment, Industry and Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan Laziz Kudratov held a meeting with the Chairman of the Board of China Energy Song Hailiang, during which they discussed the current state of the implementation of joint projects and prospects for further development of mutually beneficial cooperation. During the meeting, the progress of the implementation of projects for the construction of photovoltaic stations in the Kashkadarya and Bukhara regions with a total capacity of 1000 MW and a cement plant in Samarkand region with a capacity of 3 million tons was considered in detail.

Aalborg Portland and Fidelis New Energy (Fidelis) have entered into a letter of intent for safe and permanent storage of Aalborg Portland's CO2 emissions utilizing Fidelis' recently announced Norne Carbon Storage Hub (Norne) in Aalborg. This agreement is a milestone accomplishment for the decarbonization of cement production, making Aalborg Portland an industry leader in carbon impact and further demonstrating Denmark's commitment to being a global leader in decarbonizing hard to abate industries.