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Russia’s Sibirsky Cement output down 4.6%

Russian holding Sibirsky Cement produced 4.045Mt of cement in 2008, down 4.6% on the year, the holding’s press office...

Shree Cement 3Q net profit rises

India’s Shree Cement Ltd Wednesday said its third quarter net profit jumped to INR1.24bn from INR350.34m a year...

Gresik President: expects 2009 net to grow by more than 10%

PT Semen Gresik maintains a target for net profit to grow by more than 10% in 2009

Holcim will remain in Philippines, despite temporary shutdowns

Holcim said Wednesday it "has no plans to cease" operations of its plants in the Philippines, although there could be...

India’s top four see dip in market share

Fall in demand and aggressive capacity expansion by competitors has resulted in the top four cement manufacturers in ...

Cemex seeks US$2bn from asset sales

Cemex has confirmed that it aims to nearly double the amount raised from asset sales to more than US$2bn this year an...

Boral profit forecast by one third

Weaker construction markets in the USA, Asia and Australia has led to Boral reducing its profit guidance for the year...

Lafarge Romanian delays completion of investment plan

Lafarge Ciment Romania will delay the completion of a EUR90m (US$116.5m) investment plan by a

Fitch: negative outlook for European building materials sector

Fitch Ratings says the 2009 credit outlook for European building materials (EBM) companies is Negative,

Lost time incidents drop 70 per cent

Lost time incidents have dropped by 70 per cent in the British cement industry over the past five years,