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Cimpor buys stakes in Cimentacor, Betao Liz, Sells Cimentos Madeira

Cimpor announced on June 6, 2007 that it had completed the acquisition of local construction material plants Cimentac...

Turkey’s Oyak Cement registers $60.4m net profit in 1Q07

Turkey’s Oyak Cement Group said it registered a net profit of TRY79.7m (US$60.4m) in the first quarter of 2007.

Xinjiang’s cement exports rise

Xinjiang Hui Autonomous Region exported 2,308t of cement through Baketu Port in May 2007 as of May 23rd, totaling US$...

Lafarge to invest EUR20m in Romanian Aggregates Unit 2007

Lafarge plans to invest EUR20m (US$27m) in 2007 to develop its Romanian limestone quarry and aggregates producer Laf...

Vietnam stops licencing new cement projects

The Prime Minister has asked the Ministry of Construction to examine the implementation of licenced cement projects a...

Lafarge may face legal action on Russia merger plan

A German fund firm is considering legal action against Lafarge over the French cement company’s plans for an $8...

Rising cement prices, soaring construction costs, Rwanda

Increases in the domestic price of cement appear imminent and will raise the cost of major construction projects in t...

Belarus’ Economy Ministry sets single cement price for all retailers

Belarus’ Economy Ministry has signed resolution #112 to set a single cement price for all retailers, the press servic...

County OKs rezoning for cement plant

Houston County approved the rezoning of 1,976.67 acres near Hayneville for a $200m cement plant and quarry.

Building merchants marking up cement price – PPC

Some building merchants have been placing huge mark-ups on the price of bagged cement, with one merchant in the Free ...