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Holcim announces intention to buy

Holcim Investments has announced its intention of buying the remaining 6.57 per cent of the corporate capital of Holc...

Cementos Bio Bio 2003 net profit up

Chile’s Cementos Bio Bio posted a 20bn peso (US$32.4m) consolidated net profit in 2003, a 32.8 per cent jump fr...

Largest GLCC put into production

On March 18, Guizhou Lanhua (Orchid) Cement Co, Ltd (GLCC), the largest cement enterprise in Guizhou, China, put its ...

Vietnam demand estimates

Production units of the Vietnam National Cement Corporation (VNCC), joint ventures, and local cement plants and clink...

UK – Environment Agency seeks views substitute fuel regulations

The UK Environment Agency has launched a consultation to seek views on proposed revisions to the way it regulates the...

Buzzi Unicem’s balance sheet

On turnover 1.2 per cent lower at €1461m, Buzzi Unicem’s operating profit at the EBITDA level declined by 5.9 per cen...

Jordan – No decision on petcoke use yet

Minister of Environment Alia Bouran has denied reports that the government will allow Jordan Cement Factories Company...

USA – Public comments due for Holcim’s Ste Genevieve plan

On Monday, 30 March, local area residents will be able to comment on Holcim’s plan to build a 4.4Mt cement plant in S...

China counts economic costs of water shortages

Water tables are falling. Rivers run black with effluent. Cities are slowly sinking into their foundations and acid r...

Plan to combat pollution rewards the ’dirty’

An Irish government scheme to combat global warming is self-defeating because it rewards "dirty firms" and encourages...