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Holcim, EDF, IFPEN ("Institut Français du Pétrole et des Energies Nouvelles") and Axens are joining forces to develop e-kerosene that will contribute to decarbonize France’s aviation industry. Holcim will join “Take Kair” project with its cement plant in Saint-Pierre-La-Cour, where it will capture biogenic CO2; IPFEN and its affiliate Axens will provide the technology for the synthesis; EDF will turn the CO2 into e-kerosene, a synthetic sustainable aviation fuel (e-SAF). As a partner, Air France-KLM will be the main buyer of the e-kerosene produced by this new industrial activity.

CB Green, a division of Groupe CB focused on delivering low carbon and circular economy solutions for the concrete and construction industries, and Ecocem, Europe’s leading independent provider of low carbon cement technologies, today announced a long term cooperation agreement to establish a new joint venture which will support the scale-up of Ecocem’s low carbon ACT technology by 2025, and CB Green’s ambitions to deliver low carbon solutions to the construction industry.

Cambodia's annual cement production capacity, currently at about 8.9 million tonnes, is poised to receive a major boost after the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) greenlit Dongfang Junma Cement Co Ltd’s US$95 million proposal for a new factory in western Battambang province near the border with Pailin.

Heidelberg Materials celebrates its 150th company anniversary this year. On 20 June, a ceremony under the motto “150 years of progress” was held with guests and employees at the headquarters in Heidelberg.

The leading construction materials supplier, which has its group headquarters at Coalville in Leicestershire, has deployed the truck as part of its Lafarge Cement business.

The government has increased the CESS levied on imported cement with effect from 17th June.

A new cement factory in Oral district in Kampong Speu province is scheduled to begin production soon, increasing the local market’s cement supply by two million tons. This will bring the total number of cement factories in Cambodia to six.