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The Prime Minister of Vietnam has approved the overall pilot CO₂ emission limit for 2025–2026. The limits will be allocated among 34 thermal power plants, 25 steel and iron production enterprises, and 51 cement production enterprises.

The Department of Trade and Industry of the Philippines, together with international partners, has launched the first Cement and Concrete Industry Decarbonization Roadmap to 2050. The document provides for reducing emissions in the sector while maintaining cement supplies for infrastructure, housing and other construction projects.

In 2025, Iskitimcement JSC allocated about RUB 460 million for the implementation of programs to improve the environmental safety of production. The work is being carried out as part of the federal Clean Air project, in which Iskitim has participated since September 1, 2023.

SaltX Technology, Holcim and Paebbl are implementing a demonstration project for electrified cement production and the utilization of captured CO₂ across the industrial value chain. The project has received funding through the CET Partnership, an EU programme supporting energy and climate technologies.

Spain’s Ministry of Industry and Tourism has approved EUR 518 million in subsidies for 17 new projects under the first track of the Industrial Decarbonization PERTE, a government programme supporting projects to reduce industrial emissions. The measures are being implemented under the 2026 Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan.

A modern electrostatic precipitator has been commissioned on rotary kiln No. 2 at LLC “Topkinsky Cement” (a subsidiary of JSC “HC “Sibcem”). The implementation of this project completed a long-term program for replacing gas cleaning equipment in the “Obzhig” kiln department: all five rotary kilns at the enterprise are now equipped with modern electrostatic precipitators.

Sweden’s Cemvision and a major German industrial technology conglomerate have signed a strategic agreement to develop and scale production of near-zero carbon cement facilities.