BlueNext SA is waiting for Romania to confirm the theft of European Union carbon permits from a cement maker with two factories in the country, according to the exchange’s chief.
The Romanian unit of Jonas, Switzerland-based Holcim Ltd., the world’s second-biggest cement maker, said Nov. 30 that about 15 million euros ($19 million) worth of the allowances, known as EUAs, were stolen from its account. Holcim asked the EU, which oversees national registries of the electronic permits, to help track them down. The EUAs in question are listed on the company’s website.
