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The Swiss company Holcim has agreed to acquire building materials and solutions operations in Colombia in a deal valued at 485 million USD.

The Syrian state-owned General Company for Cement and Building Materials Industry and Marketing (OMRAN) has begun receiving shipments of clinker from Egypt under an agreement with the Egyptian company. The deliveries follow a memorandum of understanding signed by the two parties in Cairo on January 29.

The government of Senegal has acquired a 10 percent stake in the local subsidiary of Dangote Cement. Following the transaction, Dangote Cement’s ownership in the Senegalese unit decreased from 99.99 percent to 89.99 percent. The state has become a minority shareholder.

The European Commission has adopted a legislative proposal to increase demand for low-carbon, European-made technologies and products. The Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) will boost manufacturing, grow businesses, and create jobs in the EU, while supporting industry's adoption of cleaner, future-ready technologies.

The cement company Cementos Cibao has completed a key stage of modernization of its production in the Dominican Republic, having received a Provisional Acceptance Certificate (PAC) for a new clinker production line with a capacity of 3,500 tons per day.

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.