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Votorantim purchases Prairie in the US

Brazilian company Votorantim Cimentos announced today the purchase of the American company Prairie

Ukrainian cement production grows 9.3% in 2007

Ukraine cement production increased by 9.3% YoY to 15Mt in 2007, according to industry association Ukrcement.

Cement prices up INR5 per bag, India

Cement prices have shot up by INR5 per 50kg bag in Maharashtra and Mumbai on account of pressure on margins faced by ...

GBL mulls boosting Lafarge stake to 25 per cent

GBL, the Belgian investment group controlled by Albert Frere and Canada’s Desmarais family, has raised its stake

Semen Gresik plans up to US$500m of bonds by March

PT Semen Gresik plans to issue US$300m to US$500m of bonds in the overseas market by March to help finance constructi...

Siam City Cement Q4 net profit down 42 per cent

Siam City Cement , Thailand’s second biggest cement maker, missed forecasts with a worse-than-expected 42 per cent drop

Lucky Cement earning likely to show 22% rise, Pakistan

Lucky Cement Limited is expected to show a 22 per cent YoY increase in its net earnings to PKR968m for the first hal...

India’s cement demand seen growing 10 per cent in fiscal 2008, 2009

Fitch Ratings said it expects India’s demand for cement will grow 10 per cent in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 due...

China’s changing industry structure

More global cement producers have been swarming into China in recent years, and many domestic companies

PPC to raise quarry output with jaw crusher

Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) said yesterday it would invest R40m to increase capacity at its Laezonia quarry by 340...