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Vietnamese company HUD Kien Giang, a leading building materials manufacturing and supply group in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, ordered a new 8000 tpd clinker line. The project has been awarded in an EPC contract. 

Mexican building materials producer Cemex has announced that it is in the process of divesting certain operations in Colombia. The divestment is expected to take place through several separate transactions with different parties by the end of the year. 

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.

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.

Holcim has closed the acquisition of Alkern, a leading French manufacturer of precast concrete, with estimated net sales of around EUR 250 million in 2025.

Heidelberg Materials Australia has agreed to acquire the construction materials business of Maas Group Holdings, an ASX-listed diversified industrial group which is a leading supplier of aggregates, ready-mixed concrete, and asphalt based in Eastern Australia.