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Votorantim Cimentos ended the second quarter of 2023 with R$470 million net profit, a 28% increase compared to R$366 million in the same period last year.

Cemex’s circular waste management business, Regenera, and DP World, a global leader in supply chain solutions, have signed an agreement for circular waste management solutions in the Dominican Republic.

Ozinga, a fourth-generation family-owned construction materials company, celebrated the official opening of their cement terminal at the Port of Palm Beach on Thursday, July 27 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Cemex and Synhelion announced today a significant milestone in their joint effort to develop fully solar-driven cement production: the scaling of their technology to industrially-viable levels.

Cementos Artigas has worked on a recent US$40 million renewal project at the heart of the Minas plant, continuing an ongoing drive to centralise operations and raise sustainability standards.

Cemex announced today that Cemex Ventures, its corporate venture capital and open innovation unit, has increased its stake in Carbon Upcycling.

Cemex reported second quarter of 2023 results today with a 10% growth in Sales and 29% growth in EBITDA, and EBITDA Margin expanding by 3.3 pp to 21.1%.

Sustainable building solutions leader Lafarge Canada, a member of Holcim Group, announced its conversion to the production of 100% ECOPlanet cement at its Richmond Cement Plant.

Acquisition expands RHI Magnesitas Alumina refractory product portfolio and opens up new opportunities in the development of low-CO2 production technologies.

Mountain Cement Company LLC, part of the Eagle Materials Inc., is implementing the polysius booster mill for the grinding capacity increase of its plant in Laramie, Wyoming/USA.

The resources will be invested in a co-processing project at the Salto de Pirapora cement plant aimed primarily at increasing the site’s thermal substitution rate and reducing its CO2 emissions.

The Green Cement Technology Tracker was unveiled today, at an international inter-governmental meeting focused on clean energy, which is taking place in India (CEM14-M18).

CEMATRIX has executed US$5.9 million in new contracts to bring total contracts announced since the end of the fiscal year to US$21.7 million and US$58.3 million since August 3, 2022.

Cemex’s groundbreaking program, Patrimonio Hoy, celebrates 25 years of transforming people's lives through access to dignified, resilient housing. As of December 2022, Patrimonio Hoy has benefitted 650 000 families, representing over 3 million people.

The acquisition of AFT significantly expands Micronics’ portfolio of engineered filtration solutions to better serve customers’ baghouse filtration needs in industries such as cement and lime production.