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Building merchants marking up cement price – PPCSome building merchants have been placing huge mark-ups on the price of bagged cement, with one merchant in the Free State marking up the product by 50.94 per cent, according to a survey by Pretor...News - 08 June 2007 |
Chile’s Cementos Lafarge to open plant by year-endThe Chilean unit of Lafarge is investing US$27m in the construction of a new plant in southern city Puerto Montt in region X, according to local press. The new infrastructure will increase t...News - 07 June 2007 |
Lafarge building plan submitted, UKPlans to build a new plant building at Lafarge’s Westbury Cement Works have been submitted. If given the go-ahead, the application will see the construction of a slurry analyser, which the co...News - 07 June 2007 |
Lafarge on track for Tarmac, UKThe chief executive of Anglo American, Cynthia Carroll, is considering a UK£3bn auction of Tarmac, its building-materials division, this summer. It is thought that Lafarge has already expressed...News - 04 June 2007 |
Lafarge Cement to pay out Kc252.6m in dividends this yearCzech cement maker Lafarge Cement will pay its shareholders Kc252.6m in dividends, or Kc221 per a share, based on a decision made at today’s annual general meeting. Lafarge made after-tax profit ...News - 04 June 2007 |
Top court clears way for harbour cement facilityA cement-mixing facility will be built in Vancouver’s east harbour area after the Supreme Court of Canada ended a five-year court battle yesterday by giving a green light to the project. Yest...News - 04 June 2007 |
Heracles Cement Q1 net profit rises, GreeceLafarge’s Greek unit Heracles Cement said group net profit rose to EUR18.7m in the first quarter from EUR2.9m a year earlier on increased sales volumes of cement and ready-mix concrete in Greece....News - 31 May 2007 |
Siam Cement Group reports 1Q07 operating resultsThe Siam Cement Group, Thailand announced operating performance for the first quarter of fiscal 2007 decreased from the previous year, noting that the chemicals business was still doing well. The g...News - 31 May 2007 |
Lafarge CEO prioritises investment in growth countries and in innovationLafarge chief executive Bruno Lafont said the group’s strategic priorities going forward are to invest in cement activities in developing countries and to develop its capacity for innovation, nota...News - 29 May 2007 |
Government in conflict of interest on Portland CementSince former managing director Zakayo ole Mapelu left the East African Portland Cement under a cloud of unsubstantiated allegations, the company has made business headlines-more often than not for...News - 29 May 2007 |