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HeidelbergCement says may make offer for Hanson

HeidelbergCement AG said on Thursday it was looking at the possibility of acquiring British building materials compan...

Titan has a strong start to the year in Greece and in Bulgaria

Titan’s first quarter turnover improved by 2.1% to EUR342.1m and the EBITDA rose by 10.7% to EUR88.9m.

Lafarge boosts first quarter margins

Lafarge increased turnover by 6.2% in the first quarter of 2007 to EUR3,695m. The underlying EBITDA rose by 28.6% to...

Australia Rinker Investors Hold Back From Cemex Bid

Rinker Group Ltd investors said Friday they are holding back from taking up Cemex’s US$14.25 billion takeover...

Indocement plans US$75m capital expenditure this year

Indonesia’s second largest cement maker PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa (JSX:INTP) said it will spend up to US$7...

Chilean cement maker Empresas Melon to be Lafarge Chile

After 100 years of presence at Chilean market, Empresas Melon to change its corporate identity and to be named Lafarg...

St. Lawrence Cement Group Granted Leave To Appeal By The Supreme Court Of Canada

The Supreme Court of Canada has granted St. Lawrence Cement Group Inc. (ST.A.T) leave to appeal an October 2006 ruli...

Readymix says current yr starts satisfactorily, in line with prior year

Irish cement maker Readymix PLC said that, against a background of good market demand, the year’s trading has s...

Lafarge boosts first quarter margins

Lafarge increased turnover by 6.2% in the first quarter of 2007 to €3695m.

Russia’s Siberian Cement has started Kazakh project

With a capacity of 1.2Mta of cement Siberian Cement (SIBCEM) and its undisclosed Kazakh partner have formed the YUG C...