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Cemex focuses on China and India

Barely two weeks have passed since Mexican cement company Cemex reported the it had just finalized the largest acquis...

Birlas to put UltraTech on fast track, India

The AV Birla group is looking at various measures to put UltraTech CemCo Ltd (UltraTech), which it acquired from Lars...

Turkish Konya Cimento exports 90,000t cement to Iraq

Turkish building materials producer Konya Cimento has exported about 90,000t of cement to Iraq since March 2004.

Yanbu Cement Jan-Sept 2004 net profit increase, Saudi Arabia

Saudi cement producer Yanbu Cement Company (YCC) posted a net profit of SAR337.5m (US$90m) for the first nine months...

Lafarge substitute fuel to be decided, UK

Lafarge Cement UK wants to switch from burning coal in the cement kiln at its Aberthaw works and burn bonemeal as a p...

ACCC acknowledges Boral’s withdrawal of AdBri bid

The competition regulator today formally acknowleged that legal proceedings against Boral Ltd’s troubled $840m ...

Vietnam to face cement shortage Of 6.5Mt In 2005

Vietnam expects to face a cement shortage of about 6.5Mt next year, as demand is increasing faster than domestic supp...

Government testing center defends Island Cement test results

The Bureau of Research Standards (BRS) has belied accusations that its testing equipment for cement products are outd...

Javedan Cement Ltd posts INR121.697m, India

Javedan Cement Ltd (JCL) has posted a record profit of Rs 121.697m during the year 2003-2004. According to JCL here o...

INC plans to invest US$15mn next year, Paraguay

Paraguay’s state cement company Industria Nacional del Cemento (INC) plans to invest US$15m next year to optimi...