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Fiji: new factory planned

A new $50m cement manufacturing factory is to be set up in the Western Division.

Taiwan Cement to raise export price by 50% in 2009

Taiwan Cement Corp., Taiwan`s largest cement maker, has decided to raise export price of cement by 50%, to over US$50...

Merckle buys more shares in HeidelbergCement

Majority shareholder of German cement producer HeidelbergCement, Adolf Merckle, bought further 578,395 shares in the ...

NNS Holding boosts Lafarge stake to 13.2 per cent

NNS Holding, the Luxembourg-based investment fund controlled by Nassef Sawiris, has boosted its stake in Lafarge to 1...

India: ACC buys 40% stake in Alcon

ACC has acquired 40 per cent stake in Goa-based Alcon Cement Company which has a capacity of 500tpd.

Malaysia: offer for UEM Builder, CIMA becomes unconditional

UEM Group Bhd’ takeover offers of UEM Builders Bhd and Cement Industries of Malaysia Bhd (CIMA) became unconditional ...

Indonesia Bosowa Maros to build US$200m factory

Indonesian cement maker PT Semen Bosowa Maros plans to build a new US$200m cement factory in Central Java.

China’s cement production slows, but price hikes

Growth of China’s cement output slowed down in August of this year, but price of cement hiked, according to the...

Sawaris want more from Texas

Nassef Sawiris, an Egyptian executive who owns nearly 15 percent of Texas Industries Inc.’s stock, has sent a letter ...

Mondi Bag Converting invests in bag plant in North Western Europe

On 3 October 2008 Mondi will inaugurate a new bag converting plant in Belgium. The plant in Tubize with its long trad...