Lithuania: Akmenės Cementas has completed a €30m upgrade to its Akmenės cement plant. BNS News has reported that the upgrade will enable the plant to raise its alternative fuels (AF) substitution rate to 90%. The work included the construction of supporting infrastructure, including a storage facility. The Lithuanian Environmental Project Management Agency granted the project €4.3m under its Climate Change Programme.
Akmenės Cementas sold 1.1Mt of cement in 2023, 74% of it on the local Lithuanian market, with the remainder exported to other EU markets.
