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South Africa's PPC invests in Ethiopian cement firm

South Africa's Pretoria Portland Cement and a state investment body South Africa’s Industrial Development Corporatio...

Sharp construction fall causes deepening UK recession

UK GDP figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) show that the UK’s recession deepened further in the sec...

Cementir expects a better second half from Turkey

Cementir's first half turnover improved by 2.6% to €462.5m, with improvements in the Nordic area, the Far East and E...

Cementos Lima and Cementos Andino to merge, Peru

Peruvian cement producers Cementos Lima and Cemento Andino are to merge into a single company, the company’s said in...

Cementos Portland to cut 250 jobs, Spain

Spanish cement producer Cementos Portland Valderrivas is to cut 250 jobs throughout its Spanish operations after the...

Sibirsky Cement 2011 net profit almost doubles, Russia

Sibirsky Cement’s net profit almost doubled to RUB1.4bn (US$42.9m) in 2011 from around RUB700m in 2010, as calculate...

Siam Cement plans Indonesian investment

Siam Cement PCL, Thailand's largest conglomerate, has announced plans to invest around THB10bn (US$315m) to build a ...

Lafarge Exshaw project heading for approval, Canada

The proposed Lafarge Canada cement plant expansion application for Exshaw will go back to the Municipal District of ...

Pakistan cement exporters earn US$499m in FY2011-12

Pakistan cement manufacturer and exporters during FY2011-12 (July-June) exported 8.257Mt of cement and earned US$498...

Athi River Mining pretax profit rises 24%

Kenya’s Athi River Mining posted a 24 per cent rise in first-half pretax profit thanks to increased cement sales. ...