Taiwan: The government will draft carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) legislation in the second half of 2024 ‘at the earliest’, according to the Taipei Times. The measure will follow the EU's CBAM implementation in 2026, with official guidelines expected to be issued by July or August 2025.

Domestic cement and steel producers have reportedly complained to the Ministry of Environment that competing importers are not required to disclose their emissions. Subsequently, the Ministry is preparing a list of importers to be regulated. According to the Minister of Environment, Peng Chi-Ming, Taiwan imports about one-third of its cement from Vietnam, which would be subject to CBAM regulations.

The legislation will align with corresponding EU regulations and complement carbon fees for domestic producers introduced in 2024.

India: Star Cement has successfully commissioned a 7MW air-quenched cooler waste heat boiler at its newly operational cement plant in Lumshnong, Meghalaya. increases the plant’s total waste heat recovery (WHR) capacity to 19MW. The WHR project aims to improve operational efficiency and reduce environmental impact.

Uzbekistan: Cement companies in Uzbekistan produced 16Mt of cement in 2024, according to data from the national Statistics Agency. This represents a 34% year-on-year increase from 2023, when companies produced 11.9Mt.

Ethiopia: Dangote Cement will invest US$400m to restart the second production line at its Mugher cement plant, doubling the capacity to 5Mt/yr. The plant became operational in 2015, but has since faced challenges, including recurrent violence in the region, according to Bloomberg.

Aliko Dangote said that the expansion project is expected to be operational ‘within the next 30 months’.