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The Government of Armenia has established the procedure and conditions for applying a temporary restriction on cement imports, as well as the import licensing procedure and the form of the main license. The measure is aimed at creating equal conditions in the domestic market for locally produced cement and imported products.

Amrize will hold an official ceremony to mark the start of modernization work at its cement plant in Saint-Constant, Quebec.

The Government of Afghanistan and the investors of the Aybak Cement Project have signed a Mining Lease Agreement for mineral deposits in Samangan Province, Northern Afghanistan.

The Danish Energy Agency, Energistyrelsen, has signed a contract with Aalborg Portland A/S for the capture, transport and storage of 1.25 million tonnes of CO₂ per year. The agreement follows Denmark’s largest tender in the field of CCS — carbon capture and storage.

China’s National Development and Reform Commission, together with several other government departments, has announced the launch of a three-year campaign to modernize key industries, with a focus on energy conservation and reducing CO₂ emissions.

The introduction of an 85-percent electricity restriction for Iran’s cement industry could disrupt cement production and distribution, said Ali Akbar Alvandian, Secretary General of the Association of Cement Industry Employers.

Cement sales in Brazil totaled 5.7 million tonnes in May 2026, down 1.0 % from the same month a year earlier, according to the National Cement Industry Union (SNIC).