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Removal of Suspended Duty - Cement Makers ’Face Collapse’

A decision by Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania to phase out suspended duty on cement is beginning to take its toll

Chilean firms post drop in first nine months

Bío Bío, Polpaico and Lafarge - reported a decrease in profits in the first nine months of 2008 compared to the same ...

ACC cement dispatch down 3.4% in Oct

Indian producer ACC today reported a total cement dispatch of 1.7Mt in October, a decline of 3.4 per

Cemex to close UK Barrington works

Cemex today announced a proposal to stop cement manufacturing at Barrington cement plant in South Cambridgeshire

Lafarge withdraws from Italy

Reducing its debt levels, Lafarge is selling its cement, aggregates and ready-mixed concrete activities in Italy to S...

Proposed Cebu plant given local approval

The residents of South Poblacion, San Fernando, Philippines have withdrawn their opposition to the

Adelaide Brighton Ltd adds 3.1 per cent, rising for a fourth consecutive day

Adelaide Brighton Ltd, Australia’s fifth largest Construction Materials company by market capitalisation, added...

Green firm says carbon scheme ’rewards polluter’

Generous allocations of carbon emissions to cement manufacturers at a time when the economy was booming mean that the...

India: cement companies feel input cost heat

Driven by increased costs of power and fuel coupled with high coal prices, cement companies across the country face t...

Nigeria: Benue plans new cement company

Despite the teething problems facing the Benue state government-owned Igumale Cement Company in Ado local government ...