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Azores cement sales up 7.4 per cent

Cement sales in Portugal’s autonomous region of the Azores Islands registered a 7.4 per cent year-on-year incre...

Raising the roof for refurbishment

The cement kiln at Lafarge’s Cauldon Works is undergoing a GBP750,000 refurbishment. Ian Mycock, Cauldon Works...

WAPCO’s turnover rises significantly

The West African Portland Company Plc (WAPCO) has announced a turnover growth by N7.3 billion, representing 82.9 per ...

Cement company clears rubble from damaged roadway

Victorville, California: While the latest storms destroyed swaths of Highway 18 and submerged others under dirt and d...

Expensive clean-up from pollution leak

It may cost more than $45 million to clean up highly alkaline contamination seeping into Little Traverse Bay, Detroit...

Lafarge buys out minority shareholders

Lafarge said Tuesday it paid US$141m to buy out minority holdings retained by the State of Wisconsin Investment Board...

Cemex net profit more than triples

Cemex said on Tuesday its net profit for October-December was US$334m, up from US$91m in the same period a year earli...

Thai TPI Polene expects sales growth in 2005

Thai cement producer TPI Polene PCL expects its sales this year to grow by 10-15 per cent on year, thanks to growing ...

Indonesia 2005 cement demand to rise

Domestic cement demand this year may rise by up to 10 per cent from the 30Mt seen in 2004, on the back of the govern...

Cement firms need protection

The Cement Manufacturers Association of the Philippines (CeMAP) yesterday reiterated that the local cement industry s...