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US May shipments down 4.5% YoY

Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the US and Puerto Rico in May 2015 fell by 4.5 per cent YoY to 7.8...

LafargeHolcim Ltd to launch squeeze-out for remaining Lafarge SA shares

LafargeHolcim Ltd announces that it has decided to initiate a squeeze-out process for all issued and outstanding sha...

Wet weather dampens Eagle Materials' 1Q

Eagle Materials' turnover, including its share of the Texas Lehigh cement joint venture, increased by 4.4 per cent t...

DBN ups stake in Ohorongo Cement, Namibia

The Development Bank of Namibia has increased its stake in Ohorongo Cement, which is majority-owned by Schwenk Zemen...

Cemex completes refinancing of its 2012 facilities agreement

Cemex announced yesterday that it has fully repaid the total amount outstanding of approximately US$1.94bn under the...

Gulf Cement 1H profit down 29%, UAE

Gulf Cement Company reported a 29.34 per cent drop in first-half profit drop to AED30.89m (US$48.4m), compared to AE...

US Senate passes DRIVE Act

By a bipartisan vote of 91 to 4, the US Senate on Thursday passed a six-year surface transportation authorisation. P...

Fives facilitates Suez Cement's fuel substitution strategy

In the framework of a firing conversion to coal and petcoke, Fives will deliver a new FCB TSV™ classifier to to Egyp...

Steppe Cement names new chairman

Steppe Cement Ltd on Monday said it has appointed Paul Rodzianko, independent non-executive director, as its indepe...

Spain: Cementos Portland Valderrivas 1H loss increases

Cementos Portland Valderrivas has seen 1H losses of EUR39.9m, 28.9 per cent higher than in 1H14, when it recorded a ...