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India’s JK Lakshmi Cement has announced a major capacity expansion program in its core markets across the country.

The Brazilian cement company Votorantim Cimentos is implementing an investment program of 5 billion BRL (Brazilian real), which provides for an increase in production capacity in the country by 3.7 million tons per year.
The Board of Directors of Cementos Argos has approved a capital expenditure program for 2026 totaling more than USD 50 million. The investments will be allocated to the modernization of the company’s plants in Colombia.

Votorantim commissioned a new 1.0 Mta grinding mill at its Edealina cement plant in Goiás in Brazil.

Officials at the Damascus Chamber of Commerce met a Jordanian economic delegation to discuss potential investment in Syria’s cement industry.

The French company Vicat has received a second grant for the implementation of the VAIA (Vicat Advanced Industrial Alliance) carbon capture and storage project at the cement plant in Montalieu-Versier, the largest in France.

Nigeria's Dangote Cement has announced plans to expand its production capacity to more than 66 million tons of cement per year by 2028.

