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Holcim may bid for Huaxin Cement

Holcim is expected to become the largest shareholder of China’s second largest cement producer Huaxin Cement. ...

Romanian cement market up in 2005

The Romanian cement market is reported to have grown 8.0 per cent in 2005 compared to 2004 due to the high number of ...

Gujurat Ambuja shares rise on bid rumour

Gujarat Ambuja shares have been rising steadily in the past one month on market speculation that Holcim, is intereste...

More on the Lemona bid

FCC (Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas), the Spanish construction and services group, has gone against the trend ...

US could drop duty on Mexican cement

The United States could phase out a 55 per cent duty on Mexican cement under a plan that would establish a 3Mt annual...

FLSmidth wins Emirates order

FLSmidth & Co AS said it has won a DKr1.4bn order from Emirates Cement Company to supply a complete cement plant with...

Greek Titan shows promise

Shares testing new highs. Titan Cement rose 2.87 per cent to close at Euro 32.30, hitting a new historical high intra...

Kenyan cement firms complain about costs

Poor roads and inadequate communication infrastructure are making cement manufacturing too expensive Kenyan cement ma...

Shree Cement expects good rise in sales

Shree Cement Ltd., whose main market is in north India, expects sales to rise 12-13 per cent in the current year to M...

Takeover bid for Cementos Lemona

A unit of Spain’s Fomento de Construcciones & Contratas SA has launched a takeover bid of Euro 248.3m a share, ...