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The Brazilian cement company Votorantim Cimentos is implementing an investment program of 5 billion BRL (Brazilian real), which provides for an increase in production capacity in the country by 3.7 million tons per year.

The Board of Directors of Cementos Argos has approved a capital expenditure program for 2026 totaling more than USD 50 million. The investments will be allocated to the modernization of the company’s plants in Colombia.

The Saudi company Riyadh Cement has commissioned a WHR (Waste Heat Recovery) unit аt its 3.7 Mta Al-Muzahmiyya grey cement plant, northwest of the city of Riyadh in Saudi Arabia.

The Indian cement company Shree Cement plans to increase its production capacity in the country to 80 million tons per year by 2029.

Votorantim commissioned a new 1.0 Mta grinding mill at its Edealina cement plant in Goiás in Brazil.

Officials at the Damascus Chamber of Commerce met a Jordanian economic delegation to discuss potential investment in Syria’s cement industry.

Cement Europe has published updated Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for CEM I, CEM II and CEM III, based on the amended European standard EN 15804+A2. The new EPDs replace the 2020 versions and cover the cradle-to-gate life stages of cement production.