Brazil: Steelmaker CSN announced on 10 August 2026 that it had begun to review binding bids for a potential full divestment of its cement business CSN Cimentos. It was earlier reported that the sale could fetch more than US$2bn, with China-based Huaxin Cement and a consortium of Votorantim Cimentos and Italy-founded Cementir Holding among the leading contenders.

Slovenia: Alpacem, the only cement producer in Slovenia, is planning to invest €30m to cut emissions at its plant in Anhovo. The investment includes the installation of regenerative thermal oxidation and selective catalytic reduction systems. These are required by the 2024 changes to the Environmental Protection Act, which brought stricter emission limits for waste co-incineration plants. The plant comes under this category due to its use of refuse-derived fuel (RDF).

While a final building permit has already been obtained, an environmental permit is still pending. Alpacem says that the investment will make the Anhovo plant one of the ‘most environmentally efficient’ cement plants in Europe. The plant's production capacity, permitted quantities of clinker production and permitted quantities of RDF use will not change.

France: The Rhône Décarbonisation project, involving Vicat, H4 Marseille Fos, Société du Pipeline Sud-Européen (SPSE) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal developer Elengy, has secured 50% of the long-term biogenic CO₂ supply needed for H4 Marseille Fos’ production of electrically-derived sustainable aviation fuel (e-SAF). This will come from 1.2Mt/yr of CO₂ captured from Vicat’s Montalieu-Vercieu cement plant in Isère, with transport through an SPSE pipeline running for approximately 350km. The scheme, being developed by Hy2gen and H2V, will create France’s first structured carbon capture and utilisation value chain, with a final investment decision expected in 2028.

H4 Marseille Fos is targeting production of 75,000t/yr of e-SAF using methanol-to-jet fuel technology from 2032 onwards. The project aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 240,000t/yr of CO₂-eq compared to kerosene.

As well as e-SAF, the project will also export e-methanol delivered by ship at Fos-sur-Mer. Ports Europe reported in February 2026 that Marseille Fos port allocated 46.6 hectares at Môle Central to H4 Marseille Fos for the €1.5bn project.

India: A court reserved orders on a petition filed by Bharathi Cement on 10 August 2026, in which it is seeking police protection for its Kadapa cement plant and limestone quarry in YSR Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh. The company alleges inaction on the part of the police over obstruction of the operations, near Nallalingayapalle.

The producer alleges that a group of terminated contract employees, in collusion with some others, have blocked access to the Kadapa plant and disrupted limestone transport. The company contended that it is incurring losses of US$400,000/day, while police have ‘turned a blind eye,’ despite a complaint being lodged.

The Andhra Pradesh government responded, saying that Bharathi Cement had voluntarily closed one of two access gates to the plant but that movements had continued in and out of the site. It added that police had provided security at the site and ensured that no ‘untoward incidents’ occurred.