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US cement import quotas from Mexico

The agreement between Mexico and the US to end their 16-year dispute over cement exports will come into force April 3...

Egyptian Alexandria Cement net profit climbs

Egyptian cement producer Alexandria Cement registered a surge in consolidated net profit to 194 mln Egyptian pounds (...

Heracles shows higher earnings

Heracles General Cement Company has reported consolidatedprofits before tax of Euro 134.1m in 2005 and earnings for t...

Texas Industries 3Q down

Texas Industries Inc.’s (TXI) fiscal third-quarter profit fell 29 per cent from a year-earlier period that incl...

Cement prices firming up on strong demand

Indian cement prices are once again displaying signs of firmness in several cities. This time, strong demand in the p...

Carib Cement addresses its problems

Caribbean Cement Company (CCC), a subsidiary of Trinidadian-based TCL Group, finds itself having to address questions...

Ministry forecasts US$1bn in Japanese investment

Vietnam expects to draw US$1 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) from Japan this year, according to the Minist...

Cement crisis no surprise

Ellis Hazel, said the current cement crisis in the Caribbean “did not just creep up on” the region. “It was showing s...

China needs plan to meet energy targets

China’s government must produce firm plans to curb energy demand growth and pollution emissions before oil mark...

Albert Frere keeps building Lafarge stake

Albert Frere, the Belgian entrepreneur, has increased his stake in Lafarge to more than eight per cent in a move that...