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Taiheiyo plans expansion in US

Taiheiyo Cement Corp. of Japan may buy plants in the US, the company’s most profitable market, and in faster-growing countries in Asia as demand at home falls and competition in global cement mark...
News - 11 April 2007

Findings on cement overpricing out shortly. Philippines

The Department of Trade and Industry is set to release within the next few days its findings on alleged overpricing of cement by local producers. Trade Secretary Peter Favila said the department ...
News - 10 April 2007

Lafarge’s Zambia unit building new cement plant

Zambia’s Chilanga Cement Plc, a unit of France’s Lafarge, is building an 800,000tpa plant to boost cement exports to the Great Lakes region and southern Africa, the firm said on Monday. Chilan...
News - 03 April 2007

Kawasaki Plant Systems, Ltd to build second production line at Lafarge Cement’s Tetouan II

Kawasaki Plant Systems, Ltd announced that it has been awarded an approximately 8 billion yen contract for a cement plant to be used in the second production line at Lafarge Cement’s Tetouan II fa...
News - 29 March 2007

Lafarge re-launches Kumanga cement

Lafarge Portland Cement, Malawi major cement manufacturer, yesterday re-launched one of its products Kumanga Cement during a function in Blantyre where the company also drilled customers on how to...
News - 29 March 2007

Zambia’s second cement plant to start production

Zambezi Portland Cement (ZPC) in Zambia’s northern city of Ndola, Copperbelt Province, will start cement production between August and September this year, local newspaper Times of Zambia cited a ...
News - 28 March 2007

First shipment of Chinese cement arrived

The first consignment of SA Bureau of Standards (SABS) approved Conch cement from China has arrived in South Africa.     Lim Hong Siang, the managing director of Evermont International, said yest...
News - 27 March 2007

Mykolaivtsement increases cement output by 16.1% to 59,200t In February

In February, the Mykolaivtsement company (Mykolaiv, Lviv region), one of the five largest producers of cement, increased cement output by 16.1% or 8,200t, compared to February 2006, to 59,200t.   ...
News - 26 March 2007

Cemex extends bid for Rinker again

Cemex SA has extended its US$11.7bn takeover bid for Rinker Group Ltd for the third time as the Mexican cement company waits for a key regulatory ruling and bets on continued weakness in the US co...
News - 22 March 2007

World Bank favours cement imports, Philippines

The World Bank has recommended importing cement in the short-term period to bring down prices, saying cost competition in the industry “appears to be constrained.” The World Bank in talks with au...
News - 21 March 2007