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Further margin improvement at Holcim

Holcim increased its first half turnover by 19.5% to SFr13,002m (EUR7,977m) with the operating EBITDA improving by 22...

Goldman eyes 25 per cent of Chinese cement maker

Goldman Sachs is in advanced talks to take a quarter of a privately owned cement maker in east China for nearly $80m,...

South Korea to send cement to flood-hit North

South Korea will send building materials and equipment worth KRW37.4bn (US$39.7m) to North Korea to help rebuild houses

Holcim plans to increase stake in Ambuja Cement

Holcim Ltd has launched a $1.34bn offer to acquire a controlling stake in its Indian partner as an expansion into Asi...

Malawi removes requirement for import of cement

Malawi has, with immediate effect, removed the requirement for cement traders to obtain licenses before importing cem...

FLS bullish on capacity growth

FLSmidth has increased its estimate of the amount of new annual cement capacity that would be ordered in 2007, outsid...

Shree Cement plans to set up new plant

Shree Cement Ltd plans to invest INR10bn to set up a 2Mta cement plant in the central Indian state of Chattisgarh, it...

Holcim H1 net triples, exceeds forecasts, positive outlook

Holcim reported an expectation-beating first half net profit rise of 162.7 per cent to SwFr2.9bn, driven by

No move to regulate cement prices: Govt

The Indian government will not administer cement prices, despite manufacturers of the construction material resorting...

Strict monitoring planned

Holcim says emission monitoring at its proposed $200m plant at Weston, near Oamaru, would be well above regulatory re...