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HeidelbergCement to divest of Vicat

HeidelbergCement intends to dispose of its 35.03% interest in Vicat during the second quarter of 2007, subject to sto...

Gresik targets 3% rise in sales this year

Indonesia’s largest cement producer PT Semen Gresik said it is targeting a 2-3 per cent increase in cement sales to 1...

Semapa FY sales up four per cent as weak cement ops offset strong Portucel

Semapa SGPS said sales grew four per cent to EUR1.547bn last year from a restated EUR1.490bn in 2005 as weak sales a

Private equity sniffing Rinker

The major private-equity groups are preparing to enter the bidding for takeover target Rinker, an analyst’s report cl...

Federal agency wants cleanup at cement plant

The owners of a Victorville cement plant - which the company says is the largest in the nation - face potentially mil...

Holcim to invest EUR22m to raise Bulgarian output

Holcim plans to invest EUR22m to expand the output capacity of one of its Bulgarian plants by the end of 2008 in vie...

Wastewater purification in cement plants

Holcim Cement Plant launched the construction of a new wastewater purification system worth more than EUR 500,000.

Foreign investment in KZN on the rise

Foreign direct investment into KwaZulu-Natal is increasing exponentially, with more than R27 billion invested in Sout...

FM warns cement firms on price hike, India

n a veiled warning to cement companies which have raised prices after the Budget, Finance Minister P Chidambaram toda...

Readymix FY pretax profit up 32 per cent

Irish cement maker Readymix PLC reported a 32 per cent rise in full-year pretax profit, as a result of favourable ec...