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Anhui Conch Cement seeking stakes in 3 listed companies

Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd is seeking to acquire stakes in three listed companies via share swaps, according to local ...

EUR340m bid for Swiss builders is launched by CRH

CRH has launched a EUR340m friendly bid for Swiss building materials and distribution group Getaz Romang in a strateg...

Aveng keeps talking to Holcim over sale of shares to BEE group

Aveng is continuing its “constructive engagement” with Holcim over a proposed R6.82bn deal aimed at giving Holcim Sou...

Holcim Hungaria submits environmental study for plant

Holcim Hungaria Zrt., the Hungarian unit of Swiss cement producer Holcim Ltd submitted Monday the environmental impac...

Lafarge to move regional HQ from South Africa to Zambia

Lafarge, the holding company of Zambia’s Chilanga Cement Plc, has announced its decision to move its regional h...

Egypt’s Sinai Cement says 2006 profit up 58 per cent

Egypt’s Sinai Cement reported a 58 percent increase in 2006 net profit to E£286.9m (US$50.3m), the company sai...

India cement makers unlikely to cut prices – government official

Indian cement manufacturers are unlikely to respond to a government request that industry cut prices to cool inflatio...

Vietnam produces 5.1Mt of cement in Jan-Feb

Cement makers in Vietnam reportedly produced 2.3Mt of cement in February, raising the total figure to more than 5.1Mt...

Pakistan cement sector’s first-half profits down 62 per cent

After receiving 32 percent downward revision in profitability during the first quarter of the current financial year,...

Orascom Construction Industries expands aggregates operations in Europe

Orascom Construction Industries announced that Group GLA - 50% owned by OCI - has signed an agreement for a total val...