Cemex SAB de CV has announced that the European Commission has refused Cemex permission to sell its Croation operations to Duna-Drava Cement Kft, a joint venture owned by HeidelbergCement and Schenk Zement AG.

Therefore, Cemex will maintain its three cement plants, seven concrete plants and two aggregate quarries in Croatia, as well as its network of maritime and land-based terminals in Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Montenegro.