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Indonesia to retain 51 percent Gresik stake

Indonesian officials said Thursday the government will retain a 51 percent stake in cement manufacturer Semen Gresik ...

Italcementi extends Suez Cement offer

Italcementi is extending its takeover offer for Egypt’s Suez Cement Company until Dec. 30, it said on Wednesday...

Greece’s Heracles Cement to focus on exports

Greek cement producer Heracles, majority-owned by France’s Lafarge, aims to focus on exports to offset an expec...

TXI Announces Decision To Spin-Off Steel Business

Texas Industries Inc (TXI) will spin off its steel business from the cement, aggregate and concrete segment to allow ...

Waste site go-ahead

A Landfill site which will take 10,000t of hazardous waste a year has been approved, despite concerns about its impac...

Peru’s Nov Cement Sales Rise

Peru’s overall cement sales in November rose 17.4 per cent to 381,250t from the 324,872t sold in the same month...

Cement Akmene sales investments

Akmenes Cementas, the only producer of cement in Lithuania, plans to invest 14.3 million litas (4.1 million euros) in...

Qatar National Cement Co To Sign $120m loan

The Qatar National Cement Company (QNCC) will sign on December 19, 2004 a $120m syndicated loan agreement, it was rep...

Balloons help depict planned cement plant profile

People who saw balloons floating in the air near the City of Hudson Wednesday got a glimpse of how visible St. Lawren...

Hanson confident on pushing up prices in 2005

In its year-end trading statement, Hanson expects a broadly stable underlying level of demand next year in its princi...