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Holcim to invest $800m in Mexico over three years

Holcim Ltd plans to invest about US$800m in Mexico between 2008 and 2010,

Brazil February cement sales up 22.4 per cent

Cement sales on the Brazilian market totaled 3.7Mt in February, up 22.4% on the same month last year,

Dubai makes cement, steel imports free

Sheikh Mohammed ibn Rashid Al-Maktoum, vice president, prime minister and ruler of Dubai, has yesterday issued a decr...

Indonesia’s demand down 13 per cent

Indonesia’s nationwide cement consumption in February dropped 13 per cent to 2.7Mt from January but was 18 per ...

Oman Cement seeks government nod to raise prices

Oman Cement Co, the country’s largest cement firm by market value, said it is in talks with its government owne...

Birla Corp suspends operations in two units

Birla Corp Ltd said on Wednesday it had suspended operations from Tuesday night at its two plants located in the east...

Emissions: energy-intensive industries at risk from emissions trading

Holcim says the New Zealand Govt does not seem to fully appreciate the competitive risk many companies will face as a...

Taiwan cement firms to benefit from ready-mixed concrete price hike

Taiwan Cement Corp, Asia Cement Corp and Goldsun Development & Construction Co Ltd will benefit

Bamburi opts for biofuel usage

The Lafarge Group, will invest Sh1.4 billion across its East African operations to reduce carbon emissions over the n...

Colombia’s Cementos Argos to double capex in 2008

Colombia’s largest cement maker, Cementos Argos SA, plans to invest US$466m this year, almost

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