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Holcim announces proposed rights issue

Holcim has announced it will propose shareholders at the next AGM on May 12 a SFr1.7bn capital hike in order to suppo...

Cementir shareholders approve 2005 figures

The shareholders’ meeting of Italian cement group Cementir approved on April 20, 2006 the group’s 2005 ba...

Siam Cement 1Q net down

Thailand’s Siam Cement is likely to report an on-year drop in its first-quarter earnings as high energy prices ...

China’s output of cement in February 2006

China produced 57,486,300t of cement (all grades) in February 2006. The output in January-February reached 122,384,10...

Votorantim expanding production base

Votorantim Cimentos, with a 40 per cent hold in the Brazilian cement market, is investing US$100m to expand its Sergi...

Guyana’s first bagging plant

Guyana’s first cement bagging plant will be completed by mid-year company executives here said. Trinidad Cemen...

Carib cement looks to the export market

Caribbean Cement Company (CCC), the local subsidiary of Trinidad Cement Limited, will be looking to export cement to ...

Cemex 1Q hits revenue targets

Cemex registered a 14 per cent gain in first-quarter net profit as the company met its sales goals noting that net pr...

Romanian market records sizeable gains

The Romanian cement market grew 30 per cent on the year in terms of value in 2005, reaching Euro 400m and rose 10 per...

GCC reports good 1Q results

Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua (GCC) net sales in the first quarter of 2006 increased 42.3 per cent to US$1212.4m pesos...