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Carib Cement going ahead with US$100m expansion

Carib Cement is now preparing for its US$100m expansion - a project that was placed on hold nearly a year ago while t...

Siam Cement units receive Deming awards

Three Siam Cement Group subsidiaries have won Deming awards from the Japanese Union of Scientists and Engineers for e...

Cement contractors face axe

Workers at a Waurn Ponds cement plant are set to lose their jobs today, just 10 days before Christmas. The workers ...

Plan to cut pollution rises from the ashes

Lafarge Cement’s Cauldon Works is to continue in its mission to reduce its impact on the environment by replaci...

Holcim Romania invests in environment protection

Holcim Romania, a subsidiary of Swiss cement company Holcim Ltd, invested Euro3.0m in an environment protection proje...

Egyptian cement exports up

Egypt’s cement exports jumped 75 per cent year-on-year to over 7Mt in the first 10 months of 2004, the Egyptian...

Still riding the roller coaster

After another exciting period of nearly one month where rates reached unprecedented record levels, the market has sta...

Second round of US cement price increases in 2005 announced

Holcim has just announced a second series of price increases for 2005, scheduled to take effect in July, or in some c...

Government to settle Cemex dispute

The new government aims to settle an investment dispute with Mexico-based cement producer Cemex SA in 42 days, in a b...

Cemex aims for 4Q04 Ebitda of US$560m

Cemex plans to report more than US$560m in Ebitda fourth quarter this year, which would represent a 10% jump over the...