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HeidelbergCement creates board role for Hanson buy

HeidelbergCement plans to appoint a new board member to oversee the integration of Hanson, which it is buying for UK£...

Colombia Portland cement sales up

Sales of Portland cement in Colombia reached 4.3Mt in the first half of the year

ACC says sells Nihon Castings for $7.4m

ACC has sold its stake in a steel castings unit for INR300m (US$7.4m) as part of a move to exit non-core activities.

Boral under investigation

Boral is under investigation over allegations it doctored lab reports to understate the level of toxic chemicals comi...

Indian cement cos likely to report Q1 profits

Cement companies are expected to put up a good show in the June quarter

South Africa: Sephaku to build R2.5bn cement plant

Mining empowerment company Sephaku Holdings yesterday announced its first cement project, worth R2.5bn, in North Wes

Owner-Drivers Latest Beneficiaries of PPC Dwaalboom Expansion

PPC Cement’s Batsweledi expansion project is bringing economic benefit far beyond the towns surrounding the company’s...

Cement shortage pushes retail price to sh25,000, Uganda

Cement retail prices have reached a record high of sh25,000 per bag, the first in several years due to the booming co...

Indonesia H1 cement consumption up 7.5 per cent YoY on low base

Indonesia’s consumption of cement in the first half was 7.5 per cent higher than a year before at 15.6Mt,

Lafarge mulls acquiring large cement co in Spain

Lafarge is interested in buying a cement company in Spain, according to local press reports