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Cemex expands operations in Pertigalete, Venezuela

Cemex of Mexico has announced that it has expanded its operational and logistical platform in Venezuela so as to incr...

Holcim Romania 2006 gross profit up 41%

The Romanian unit of Holcim reported a 41 per cent annual increase in gross profit in 2006 to 207 mln Romanian lei ($...

Lafarge to build third plant in Russia

Lafarge plans to start the construction of a new plant in Russia’s Kaluga Region south of Moscow in the autumn of 200...

Cap sought on cement price rise, UAE

Limits must be imposed on the frequency and percentage increase of hikes in the price of cement, say manufacturers of...

South Africa cement sales strong

South African cement sales accelerated to a 17.8% YoY increase in April to 1.098Mt despite the disruption caused by m...

Kieran McGowan succeeds Pat Molloy as Chairman of CRH

On 22 February 2007, the Board of CRH plc announced the planned retirement of its Chairman Mr. Pat Molloy following t...

Pakistan’s Lucky Cement plans shipments to India

Lucky Cement, Pakistan’s biggest maker of building material plans to ship 200,000t of cement to India in the next 12 ...

UOKiK penalises cement price cartel, Poland

Cementownia Ozarow has been ordered to pay a fine of PLN 2m (EUR530,000) for withholding information and obstructing ...

China’s Cement Exports Drop in Q1

According to news released by the Chinese Development and Reform Commission on May 8th, China’s export tax reba...

Holcim (Philippines) Q1 net profit PHP475.9m

Holcim (Philippines) Inc’s first quarter net profit jumped 174 per cent YoY to PHP475.9m, driven by higher sales.