Ecocem announced an expansion of its low-carbon cement solutions in its Moerdijk operations in the Netherlands to enable industrial-scale production and help accelerate the decarbonisation of concrete. The company is investing €12 million in this facility for adding new silo capacity, laboratory facilities and advanced blending technology. The investment is for the market development of its GGBS cements, an acronym for Ground Granulated Blastfurnace Slag and intends to introduce ECO2CEM R a cement with faster strength development and lower CO₂ emissions. This enables concrete mixes to achieve higher early strength, allowing precast producers to use a greater proportion of GGBS and further reduce clinker content and CO₂ emissions.