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US builders urge Bush to drop Mexican cement tariffs

The nation’s home builders are urging the Bush administration to lift heavy duties on Mexican cement in the fac...

Hercules Cement to reopen rail spur

Hercules Cement Co. plans to spend $750,000 to reconstruct a rail spur that will allow the Stockertown company to kee...

Melón posts profits

Chilean cement company Empresas Melón (owned by Lafarge) posted a 12.8bn-peso (US$20m) consolidated net profit in the...

Higher prices for cement?

Though Colorado continues to skirt a cement shortage halting construction across the country, local builders fear the...

Exchange rates impact Juan Minetti

Argentina’s second largest cement company Juan Minetti (holcim) posted a 31.4mn-peso (US$10.5m) consolidated ne...

UAE Fujairah Cement H1

UAE cement manufacturer Fujairah Cement Industries Company reported a net profit of 3.42 mln Kuwaiti dinars ($11.6m) ...

Not for consumption

Hima Cement, has donated four tonnes of cement to the Child Welfare and Adoption Society. The society runs Nsambya Ba...

Organised protest against Mary Nour

About 60 workers representing the Mexican cement workers union have staged a dockside protest against the discharge o...

FLS Industries Sells Units To Cementir For DKK4.4B

FLS Industries today (Thursday) said it had signed an agreement with Cementir SpA, the Italian cement group (CEM.MI) ...

Bag price increase

Frantschach Industrial Packaging announces a price increase for paper sacks. This step is a response to higher pric...