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Lafarge sales down on 1Q weather effect, confirms 2013 goals

Lafarge reported a six per cent decline in sales in the three months to the end of March as it was impacted by harsh...

Venezuela government sees per capita demand reaching the 300kg mark

Venezuela’s cement consumption per capita is forecast at 300kg in 2013, in line with the National Plan, 2013-19, acc...

Algeria: Gica launches 1.5Mt import tender

Algerian cement company Gica launched a tender for the importation of 1.5Mta of cement with the first delivery of 0....

Italian and French winters again disrupt Italcementi

Italcementi's first-quarter turnover declined by 9.3 per cent to €964.8m and the running EBITDA fell by 32.7 per cen...

Siemens to supply Edo Cement with gas turbines, Nigeria

Siemens Energy has been awarded an order for three of its model SGT-500 gas turbines to Edo Cement for a new plant b...

Lanco Industries withdraw proposal for Andhra Pradesh plant, India

Lanco Industries has withdrawn its proposal to establish a 0.3Mta mini cement plant in Andhra Pradesh, India. The...

Kuwait Portland Cement net profit surges

Kuwait Portland Cement said its net profit surged to KWD3.2m (US$11.3m) in the first quarter of 2013 from KWD2.3m a ...

Lafarge Wapco pretax profit rises over 20%, Nigeria

Lafarge Wapco's first-quarter pretax profit rose by 20.64 per cent YoY to NGN7.19bn (US$45.5m), compared to NGN5.96b...

Boral's 3Q earnings hit by weak residential market, Australia

Australian building materials major, Boral Ltd, announced that continued weakness in the domestic housing sector and...

Tax write back boosts ACC and Ambuja Cements 1Q, India

Holcim's Indian cement interests, ACC and Ambuja Cements, managed to post an improved first-quarter performance YoY ...

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