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In a market that lacks direction, the news coming from China is also playing on shipping players’ nerves. First...

CRH in further North American expansion

CRH is spending US$413m to considerably expand its heavy building materials businesses in the United States, includin...

Lucky Cement impressive sales, Pakistan

During the year under review the performance of the company remained quite impressive as its sales and profitability ...

Indian cement firms raise prices in western region

India’s top cement makers have announced a price increase of 5 rupees per bag in Mumbai and neighbouring market...

Sale of Southern Star closes, Colombia

Colombian cement maker Compaña de Cemento Argos SA has completed a $245m acquisition of Southern Star Concrete Inc.

Magyar Cement Preparing Lawsuit Against Holcim, Hungary

Hungarian cement company Magyar Cement Kft Tuesday has reportedly said it is preparing a lawsuit against Switzerland&...

Martin Marietta reports accelerated price increases

Martin Marietta, the second largest US aggregates supplier, sold 139.7Mt (154.0mst) in the first nine months of 2005,...

Baltsem Decides Buy 0.37% of its shares, Ukraine

The Supervisory board of the Baltsem company (Balakliia, Kharkiv region), which is one of the three largest cement pr...

Eagle Materials Inc reports record second quarter results, USA

Eagle Materials Inc. today reported financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2006 ended September 30, 2005 ...

Semen Cibinong’s losses widen on currency woes, Indonesia

Publicly listed PT Semen Cibinong, the country’s third largest cement producer, posted a loss in the first nine...