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Holcim held back by late winter in Europe

The first quarter results from Holcim show group turnover 1.1 per cent lower at SwFr2730m (€1,761m) with the operatin...

Demand triggers record cement sales

Last year was a record year for South Africa’s cement industry as it rebounded from the virtually stagnant situ...

Lafarge Q1 sales up 2.2 per cent

Lafarge reported a 2.2 per cent rise in first-quarter sales on Wednesday on improved prices but bad winter weather in...

Carib Cement blames wage increase

Caribbean Cement sold 14 per cent more of its products for the first three months of this year than during the compar...

Vietnamese cement sales rise again

Vietnam sold 2.9Mt of cement last month, bringing the total it has sold in the first four months of this year to near...

PTT to buy 30 per cent of TPI

PTT Plc said it planned to buy 30 per cent of Thai Petrochemical Industry (TPI) at Bt3.30 per share, more than 65 per...

St. Lawrence Cement Group 1Q

St Lawrence Cement Group reported sales of $140.3m for the first quarter of 2005 compared to $141.4m for the same per...

Cement producers post Q1 results

Chile’s three cement producers Cemento Polpaico, Empresas Melón and Cementos Bío Bío have submitted separate fi...

Chavez threatens cement firms

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez threatened cement companies with price regulations if they fail to bring down the pr...

Cementos Catatumbo gets new chairman

Venezuelan cement maker Cementos Catatumbo has a new chairman and board for the period 2005-2008 after shareholders a...