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Lafarge says buy-out offer for N.America unit ‘fair’

Lafarge on Thursday said its $75-a-share cash offer to buy out minority shareholders in Lafarge North America Inc. wa...

Titan Cement 2005 net grows 19 per cent

Net profit at Greek cement producer Titan grew 19 per cent in 2005, at the top end of analysts’ forecasts, help...

Lafarge Malayan Cement’s year tax profit plummets

Lafarge Malayan Cement Bhd’s annual pre-tax profit has plummeted 71.7 per cent due to sharply lower domestic s...

Italcementi’s Ciments Francais President Optimistic for 2006

The president of French cement supplier Ciments Francais, a unit of Italian cement group Italcementi, Rene Nanot, sai...

RAK plans new cement plant

The Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) Government is planning to set up a new cement factory in the southern areas of the emirate t...

Cement prices jump 15% in Feb

Cement makers have raised retail prices by about 15 per cent in February following a recent court ruling restricting ...

Lafarge benefits from strong 2H

Lafarge said full year operating profit was Euro 2.357bn, up seven per cent on the year and up four per cent at const...

Cement Plant Becomes Operational in Quang Binh

The Vietnamese Song Gianh cement plant, at total investment of VND3.2 trillion ($202.5m), was officially put into ope...

Valderrivas cement now controls Lemona

Cementos Portland Valderrivas said on Wednesday it now controlled 96 per cent of the share capital of rival cement ma...

Mexico Cemex to offer Ara special deal

Cemex and Mexican housing developer Consorcio Ara have signed an agreement, through which the cement company sold an ...