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Lafarge: September '12

Lafarge has agreed the sale of two integrated cement works, two quarries, eight batching plants, a fly ash business a...

S&P rates China Tianrui senior unsecured notes 'B'

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services today assigned its 'B' issue rating to a proposed issue of U.S. dollar-denominate...

HeidelbergCement

HeidelbergCement is investing US$250m in a 1.5Mta clinker plant at Tabligbo, some 80km to the north of the capital Lo...

Cemex: September '12

Cemex is planning to increase the capacity of its APO works in the Philippines by 1.5Mt at a cost of US$65m, as the p...

Cementos Portland acquires new unloading equipment, UK

Cementos Portland Valderrivas has invested EUR1m in a new unloader to speed up bulk discharges from ships in the por...

New research highlights critical economic role of the mineral products industry

New research from leading economic consultancy Capital Economics has highlighted the critical role of the minerals p...

Southern Province Cement 3Q12 up 11.7 per cent, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Southern Province Cement Company said on Sunday its third-quarter net profit rose by 11.7 percent over last ye...

New Nigeria cement plant under planning

The Abuja Chamber of Commerce Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ABUCCIMA) announced it is to build a cement factory i...

Deliveries to Lebanon decline during Jan-July 2012

Cement deliveries to Lebanon declined by 5.32 per cent YoY to 3,075,466t during the first seven months of 2012, from...

Construction held by challenging macroeconomic environment

A recent research note by analysts at CM-CIC Securities sees four main themes for the global construction sector in ...