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The Vicat Group accelerates industrial decarbonisation in France with two alternative energy projects at two of its cement plants, supported by the French Ecological Transition Agency (ADEME) and industrial partners. 

Bright Hydrogen Solutions Limited will construct and operate a 2 MW industrial green hydrogen production facility for the cement plant of Çimsa Cementos España S.A.U. in Buñol, Spain.

The Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA) has supported the carbon capture and storage (CCS) project of Schwenk Latvia. As part of the project, the company plans to install a CCS system at its cement plant in Brocēni, which from 2032 will reduce CO₂ emissions by 0.8 million tonnes annually. This corresponds to around 7 % of Latvia’s total greenhouse gas emissions balance. Total investments in the project are expected to exceed 500 million EUR.

Heidelberg Materials plans to significantly expand its cement capacity in India through HeidelbergCement India Ltd. (HCIL). The projects will add to HCIL’s existing capacity of 12.3 Mta in the country.

PPC Zimbabwe has signed a memorandum of cooperation with an international engineering company, providing for the modernization of existing facilities, improvements in their operational efficiency and capacity, and the exploration of opportunities for further production expansion.

Lucky Cement announced the groundbreaking of a second production line at the CIMKO plant in the Democratic Republic of Congo, developed in partnership with Rawji Group.

Hunnewell Cement has announced the launch of a large-scale project to increase the capacity of its cement plant in Kaspi to 2.0 million tons per year. The expansion is aimed at fully reducing the country’s dependence on imported cement and strengthening domestic production capacity.