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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.

The French company Vicat has received a second grant for the implementation of the VAIA (Vicat Advanced Industrial Alliance) carbon capture and storage project at the cement plant in Montalieu-Versier, the largest in France.

Nigeria's Dangote Cement has announced plans to expand its production capacity to more than 66 million tons of cement per year by 2028.

At the Höver cement plant of Holcim in Germany a membrane CCS technology is under construction.

Chibabava Cimentos laid the foundation stone for an integrated 1.0 Mta cement plant in the Sofala province in Mozambique.

Japanese cement company Taiheiyo Cement reported a decrease in key financial results for the nine months to 31 December 2025. The group's consolidated revenue decreased by 1.6 % year-on-year and amounted to 4.3 billion USD against 4.4 billion USD a year earlier.

UltraTech announced the commissioning of a second grinding unit (GU) at its Aligarh plant in Uttar Predesh in India.