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Holcim pushes capital expenditure ahead

First quarter turnover at Holcim declined by 3.8% to SFr5,509m (€3,443m), principally reflecting the de-consolidation...

Infrastructure investment boosts PPC’s profits, South Africa

Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) saw its profit increase due to SA’s cement demand for its infrastructural projects,

Titan 1Q08 turnover declines, buy-out of Lafarge in Egyptian joint venture announced

Titan’s first quarter turnover emerged 0.6% lower at €340.2m and the EBITDA declined by 14.3% to EUR76.2m, while at t...

Prosperity Minerals issue of Notes with Warrants

Prosperity which operates a cement manufacturing business in the People’s Republic of China and an iron ore bu...

Vulcan Announces first quarter results

Vulcan Materials Company announced first quarter net sales were US$772m compared to US$630m in the first quarter of ...

Sri Lanka to import cement from Pakistan early this month

Due to the rising demand for cement Sri Lanka is to import 10,000t of cement from Pakistan to meet its requirements.

Taiwan Cement Group sees earnings shrink in Q1

The rising prices of crude oil and coal have driven down operating gross profit margins for Taiwan Cement Group’s

Swedish consulting group SWECO wins EUR2.6m contract in Lithuania

Swedish technical consulting services provider SWECO said on Monday (5 May) that it has won a EUR2.6m contract from ...

Outlook: Titan Cement Q1 net down 21 per cent on weaker US

Greece’s Titan Cement Company SA. 2008 first-quarter group net profit is estimated to fall 21 per cent YoY to E...

Allen to become new CFO for TXI

Ken Allen has been named vice president of finance and chief financial officer of Texas Industries, Inc, effective Au...