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Turkish production

Turkey produced 28.1Mt of cement in 2003, and 7.3Mt of the output was exported. In 2002, Turkey produced 26.2Mt of c...

Serbian building materials

Serbia’s building materials sector exports stood at some $35 mln (28.5 mln euro) for 2003 and imports were near...

Indian construction sector strike?

Three real estate developer associations have called for a nation-wide strike on March 15 this year, in protest again...

Price rise reasons

Indian ement prices have been rising mainly because of the demand-supply mismatch. February demand has gone up by 10 ...

Holcim completes Apasco deal

Under the public tender offer made to minority shareholders of Mexican Group company Holcim Apasco, a total of 57,931...

Nigerian price debate

The high cost of production, falling local naira currency, poor production facilities in many cases and now the rece...

UK – Tearing down

Two years ago, Lafarge closed its Eastgate cement plant, near Weardale, County Durham. Since then its industrial buil...

Votorantim halts talks over Secil stake

Brazilian cement company Votorantim (VCP) has apparently called off talks with Portugal cement company Semapa over bu...

Torah cement impressive

Egypt: Torah Cement released FY03 results ending December, in which the company recorded an impressive 15.3 x net inc...

Juan Minetti posts profits

Increased sales and a successful financial restructuring helped Juan Minetti, Argentina’s second largest cement...