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UAE Union Cement Secures loan

UAE Ras al-Khaimah cement manufacturer Union Cement has secured a $100m loan to be extended by Jordan-based Arab Bank...

Camargo’s takeover of Loma Negra still not finalised

Brazil’s Camargo Correa group has not yet finalized its planned acquisition of Holdtotal, the holding company t...

Greece’s Heracles Q1 hit by sales fall

Greek cement maker Heracles Cement , majority-owned by France’s Lafarge , reported a first-quarter pretax loss ...

Mexican Cemex Lay-offs affect German units

Cemex’s decision to close 15 to 20 plants and slash 2000 jobs by 2007 threatens to affect also its German unit ...

Japan May 2005 Cement Shipments

Japan cement shipments totalled 5.17Mt in May 2005, up 6.1 per cent year-on-year, the Japan Cement Association said o...

Hanson expects first half profit advance

Hanson Plc in a trading statement said the company expects to deliver a strong performance for the first half of 2005...

Cement firm seeks investor approval

Philippines: Fortune Cement Corp. will seek stockholders’ approval for a planned merger with Continental Operat...

Petron, Holcim forge partnership

Petron Corp. recently entered into a memorandum of agreement with cement company Holcim Philippines for the processin...

LCCI concerned over hike in cement prices

Contractors in Pakistan are expressing grave concern over sharp rise in cement prices in short span of a few days, ha...

Podilskyi Tsement Decides To Boost Capital

Shareholders of Podilskyi Tsement company one of Ukraine’s three largest producers of cement, decided at a meet...