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Lafarge now owns 100 per cent of Lafarge North America

Lafarge has today announced that it has successfully completed its acquisition of the remaining shares of Lafarge Nor...

Court rejects Russia Partners claim

The Moscow Arbitration Court rejected Tuesday a 3.35 billion ruble lawsuit filed by US-based investment fund Russia P...

Taiheiyo net profit down, revenues up

Taiheiyo Cement Corp, Japan, decreased net profit by 36.9 per cent to JPY9.1 billion for the year to March 31, 2006. ...

No effective way to curb cement prices

Short of bringing Indian produced cement under the Essential Commodities Act which would be seen as "too anti-free ma...

Construction pushes up production in Tanzania

Construction of houses and other infrastructural facilities in Tanzania have pushed up cement production, reaching 35...

Cement duty waived

Two shipments from Cuba are expected in June, two in July and a fifth in August. The Jamaican government yesterday an...

Ban likely to be placed on cement import

The Pakistan ministry of commerce has decided to ban the import of cement, and the government has also decided to ext...

Southern firms to hike cement prices

Going against instructions from the commerce ministry to reduce cement prices, companies in the south have actually h...

IFC offers loan to Chinese cement producer

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group,signed a US$50m loan agre...

Cotu warns EAP over lay-offs

The umbrella workers’ union yesterday accused a local cement manufacturing firm of arbitrarily dismissing 115 w...