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Czech Republic/Slovakia: The sale of Holcim's operations in the Czech Republic and Slovakia has prompted a series of management changes to Cemex's operations in those countries.

Hermann Dietrich has been appointed as Cemex's vice president for strategic planning in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Henning Weber has become the vice president for operation and technology at the cement division, Mariusz Kostowski has been named as the trade and logistics director with the cement division and Justus Geiseler has been appointed as the BSO director. Lubos Merunka and Hana Fidrova, who have been named as the head of the stone aggregate division and the company lawyer respectively, both came to Cemex from Holcim after the asset handover.

Cemex's general director in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Peter Dajko, has stated that the company is not planning any additional personnel changes in the foreseeable future.

Slovakia: Technology provider A TEC, in collaboration with raw materials company Ferro Duo GmbH and Holcim's Rohožník plant in Slovakia, are now able to provide a complete solution for the recovery of bypass dust in the cement industry for various conditions.

In recent years, A TEC has engaged in technologies for the use of alternative fuels, chlorine bypasses and the re-use and recycling of bypass dust in cooperation with Holcim. Ferro Duo has specialised in the recovery and processing of cement and steel industry dusts and has developed a patented process for treatment and recycling of bypass dust.

Slovakia: The Antitrust Office has cleared the takeover of Vychodoslovenske Stavebne Hmoty (VSH) by Holcim Slovensko provided that Holcim sells its terminal in Vlkanova in Banska Bystrica County to an independent buyer linked neither to the companies nor to their groups. The watchdog conditioned the transaction in this way because it posed threats to the economic competition on the relevant market specialised in production and sale of grey cement and several local ready-mixed concrete markets.

Holcim, therefore, has proposed to sell the terminal. The regulator maintains that the new owner must be experienced and capable of preserving and developing the existing business and it must be able to expose Holcim to efficient competition after it takes over VSH. The decision on a suitable owner will be made by the watchdog. The terminal supplies cement made in the plant in Rohoznik to customers in the entire county.