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Lafarge starts construction on US$120m plant in Mexico

Lafarge has kicked off construction works on a new US$120m plant in northern Mexico’s Hidalgo state, local pres...

Heracles sees profits rise

Greek cement producer AGET Heracles, majority-owned by France’s Lafarge, is expected to include in its 2005 fin...

Capital group Cuts Holcim stake

Swiss cement producer Holcim Ltd said that The Capital Group now holds 22,844,158 of its shares. This corresponds to ...

Cimpor Brazil increase

Cimpor Brasil, the Brazilian unit of Portugal’s cement producer Cimpor, is expected to register a 138 per cent ...

Parliamentary committee discusses reasons behind cement shortage

A parliamentary committee discussed here on Monday with the Director of the Amran Cement Factory Noman Dowaid the cur...

Cement prices likely to firm up in North India

The widening demand-supply gap is likely to result in a 4.5-5% increase in cement prices in North India this year, HD...

Protesters block road over plans to bone meal, UK

Local residents in east Co Meath have pledged to blockade a cement plant because of plans to burn meat and bone meal ...

Thailand’s Siam Cement buys more shares in National Petrochemical

Siam Cement (SCC) has increased its stake in National Petrochemical (NPC) to 35 per cent, a report in Krungthep Turak...

Cemex SA Sees 2Q EBITDA exceeding $970m

Cemex expects to exceed its full-year target of $3.5bn in EBITDA.

CRH ’could face a €5bn takeover bid’

CRH could be "vulnerable" to a takeover bid, according to its stockbroker Davy, which feels that €8 a share is not ou...