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KKR to make first acquisition in China

US buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) has made its first acquisition in the Mainland by taking a controlling s...

Birla group plans to rejig cement brand to increase market share

The Aditya Birla Group, India’s second largest cement maker, is learnt to be realigning its brands portfolio to...

Cement importation seen to regulate price - Philippines

Cement manufacturers would also experience the impact on the high prices of cement if they remain to be uncooperative...

Novel experiments on cement yield concrete results

Using a brace of the most modern tools of materials research, a team from the National Institute of Standards and Tec...

Use of Portland cement in gov’t projects ordered

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) of the Philippines h...

Holcim Romania plans investments worth €86m

Holcim Romania this year plans to make investments worth €86m in a series of projects including the modernization of ...

Cement company urges councils to opt for MBT treatment

A major cement company has assured UK councils that there will soon be a strong, long-term market for refuse derived ...

Chinese company studies extension of cement factory in Yemen

A team of ASMC Chinese company started on Saturday carrying out works of topographical survey for project of extendin...

Indonesia’s Semen Gresik posts 30 per cent rise in net profit

State-owned cement maker PT Semen Gresik reported a 30 per cent increase in net profit to Rp1,353bn (US$153m) this ye...

Cemex unlikely to raise bid for Rinker

Experts are becoming increasingly concerned about the likelihood of success for Cemex in its battle for Rinker Group,...