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New plant for Azerbaijan?

While Garadagh Cement is planning to make its cement works larger, several overseas companies propose to build a new ...

French Vicat

French building materials supplier Vicat SA posted a Euro 125.67m net profit for 2003, a 4.2 per cent year-on-year in...

UK – Cauldon gets PSP go-ahead

Lafarge’s Cauldon works, Staffordshire, has been granted the approval of the Environment Agency (EA) to reduce its fo...

ACC bullish on India

Indian cement major ACC is bullish on the growth prospects of the industry. It expects the industry “ to see higher g...

Angola to sell Encime stake

The Angolan Government decided on May 5, 2004 to sell to Portugal’s cement producer Secil 51 per cent of the An...

PPC says half-year profit jumps

Strong sales lifted half-year headline profit at South Africa’s Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) by one third and...

CRH makes ’positive’ start

Building materials group CRH told shareholders yesterday that it had enjoyed a positive start to the year, but made i...

Cemex gets green light for US sand mine

The cement major Cemex has been granted by an US court the concession to develop a sand mine at Santa Clarita, Califo...

Cimpor sells debut Euro600m bonds

Portuguese cement company Cimpor - Cimentos de Portugal SGPS SA saw strong demand for a 600 million euro seven-year b...

Hundreds expected at tyre burning protest

Hundreds of people are expected to join a protest march against the burning of tyres as an alternative to fossil fuel...