Cambodia: Prime Minister Hun Manet has announced that tax incentives for local cement producers will be extended for two years until the end of 2028. He made the declaration during a meeting with Cambodia Cement Manufacturing Association (CCMA) chair Vinh Huor at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, according to the Xinhua News Agency. The CCMA chair revealed that CCMA member companies have invested approximately US$1.2bn to reach a production capacity of 12My/yr. CCMA members  supply 8 – 9Mt/yr to the local market and 85% of raw materials are sourced locally.

Europe: Australia-based engineering firm Worley has signed a non-exclusive owner's engineering master services agreement (MSA) with Holcim to support carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) projects across the producer's EU and UK cement plants. The MSA covers 14 projects, eight of which currently have backing from the EU Innovation Fund. Worley will provide engineering oversight, project management and engineering integration across multiple sites, from early-stage development through execution.

Holcim aims to capture 5Mt/yr of CO₂ from 2030 in order to achieve near-zero cement production of 8Mt/yr.

Sweden: Cemvision has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Germany-based Siemens to develop and scale plants to produce its 95% reduced-CO₂ alternative cements. Under the terms of the agreement, Siemens will act as preferred supplier of electricity distribution equipment, control systems, variable speed drives, process instrumentation, cybersecurity, plant lifecycle management, information technology/operational technology integration and plant simulation. The partners are also exploring a digital twin solution to support pre-design activities, value engineering and virtual commissioning of Cemvision's facilities. Siemens will in turn become an early customer of the producer's Re-ment circular materials-based cement.

Siemens CEO Andrea Waenerlund said "Digital twins and advanced process control can optimise cement production in ways that weren't possible before. By combining Cemvision's cement chemistry expertise with our digital and automation capabilities, we're creating a blueprint for sustainable manufacturing."

India: Cement producer Dalmia Bharat plans to raise up to US$422m in new capital to finance planned capital expenditure, working capital and investments in subsidiaries and the repayment of debt. Projects Today News has reported that the producer will raise the funds through equity shares, qualified institutional placements, Global and US Dollar American Depositary Receipts, foreign currency convertible bonds, convertible debentures and other securities.

Dalmia Bharat aims to achieve an installed capacity of 110 – 130Mt/yr by 2031, more than double its present 49.5Mt/yr. The producer is pursuing a combined strategy of expansions and acquisitions. It has forecast composite Indian cement demand growth up to that time of 6 – 7%, driven by all construction segments.