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On September 23, FAO, together with the Agency for Waste Management and Circular Economy Development of Uzbekistan, held a roundtable in Tashkent with representatives of government authorities and the cement industry.

Holcim has launched a new calcined clay production line at its Čížkovice plant in the Czech Republic. The facility will enable the supply of 580 000 tons low-carbon cement.

Sampyo Cement is expanding the use of artificial intelligence at its Samcheok plant in South Korea to automate parts of the production control process.

CEMROS’s Technical Innovations Department is developing a technology to transition from traditional mechanical regulation of exhaust gases in kiln departments to the use of variable frequency drives (VFDs) for electrostatic precipitator exhaust fans.

Heidelberg Materials reported Q2 2026 revenue of €6.04bn, up 6% year-on-year, while RCO increased 4% to €1.09bn.

Cimentos de Moçambique has tripled the cement production capacity of its factory in Nacala from 0.39 to 1.2 Mta by installing a kiln line and increasing the grinding capacity.

The Magnitogorsk Cement and Refractories Plant (MCRP), part of MMK Group, is equipping its rotary kilns with an Automated Emissions Monitoring System (AEMS). The kilns are the plant's main sources of atmospheric emissions.