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Spanish cement demand rises 4.7 per cent in1Q

Demand for cement in Spain rose 4.7 per cent YoY in the first quarter to 11.4Mt as the construction industry continue...

Thai Siam City Cement shuts unit after fire

Thailand’s second-biggest cement firm, Siam City Cement PCL said on it had shut one of its three plants after ...

Markets are looking up

After several weeks of a steady fall, rates seem to be on their way up again for all sizes. Capes were prompt to reac...

Indonesia Semen Gresik 1Q cement sales rise 15 per cent on year

PT Semen Gresik, an Indonesian cement maker, said its total cement sales in the first quarter of this year rose 15 pe...

Portugal Fundacao Berardo Acquires 8.77 per cent in Cimpor

Portuguese cement producer Cimpor informed the national securities regulator CMVM on 20 April, 2004 that a total of 8...

Italy’s Buzzi aims to cut debt, raise dividend

Italian cement company Buzzi Unicem (BZU.MI) is aiming in the near future to cut debt, keep high levels of operating ...

Florida Rock Industries, Inc announces record second quarter results

Florida Rock Industries, Inc announced record net income of US$24,497,000 for the second quarter of fiscal year 2004 ...

Cement deficit to threat Russia in several years

Due to lack of production capacities in cement industry, in 2006-2007 Russia may face cement deficit of 2Mt a year, a...

Lafarge takeover bid for Sicim company

Lafarge Romania, one of the three-largest domestic cement makers, launched on Monday a take-over bid for a 32 per cen...

Cement shortage hits construction industry - Qatar

A continuing shortfall in cement supply seems to have put sudden brakes to Qatar’s booming construction industr...