With cement emissions projected to rise five-fold by 2070, the roadmap pushes waste-based fuels, lower clinker use and carbon capture to curb footprint.
After decades of growth, cement consumption is bottoming out. We may never return to the peak 4.4 billion metric tons produced in 2021, even as India, Southeast Asia and Africa continue to urbanise.
DMK govt accuses Centre of withholding funds, tightening borrowing, unilateral deductions from state accounts. Says Centre's accounting & funding decisions have 'artificially inflated' debt burden.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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