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New assets help Anhui Conch net jump

Anhui Conch Cement, China’s biggest cement producer, said first-half net profit soared 457 per cent over the sa...

Plan to clamp down on cement prices?

Changes in India’s cement prices never made big headlines, not until the first week of April when it touched an all-t...

UAE cement sector sees profits tumble

Amana Capital Financial reported that the profits of local UAE cement companies plunged 52 percent to US$118.6m durin...

Mexico Cemex projects its own wind station

Mexico’s cement maker Cemex is to utilise wind poower of the Istmo de Tehuantepec to install a wind mega-station in J...

JK Cement, Dalmia talk venture?

After the recent consolidation, still more to come! This time, the middle-rung companies are now looking at setting u...

Consumer Affairs Commission dissatisfied

The Consumer Affairs Commission is reporting that it is dissatisfied with the pace at which claims for compensation f...

Vinaconex Corp to sell shares

State-owned Vietnam Construction Import-Export Corp., or Vinaconex, will offer shares in the company worth VND650 bil...

CRH to acquire Ashland Paving And Construction, Inc

CRH plc, the international building materials group, announces that its US subsidiary, Oldcastle Materials, Inc., has...

Holcim H1 net profit seen up, price hikes help

Holcim , the world’s second biggest cement maker, is expected to report a 34 per cent rise in first-half net pr...

Investment funds eye Lafarge roof unit

At least a dozen investment funds and an industrial group are studying the potential acquisition of building material...