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Italian and Thai prices depress Italcementi profits

Italcementi increased first half cement deliveries by 9.6 per cent to 26.2Mt, helped by the full consolidation of Sue...

US, Mexico officials to meet on Mexican cement tariff

Trade negotiators from Mexico and the U.S. will meet Friday in Mexico City to discuss lifting tariffs on Mexican ceme...

Holcim scraps plan to burn hazardous waste at new Nyergesujfalu plant

Holcim, one of the world’s biggest cement makers, announced on Wednesday that it has scrapped plans to burn haz...

Cementos del Caribe may issue US$260mn in bonds

The board of Cementos del Caribe, the newly consolidated Colombian cement company, has asked its shareholders to back...

Texas Industries posts loss on spinoff costs

Texas and California cement producer Texas Industries Inc. on Thursday reported a quarterly loss on debt retirement c...

Cement demand dampens

Demand for cement has dampened slightly due to the lack of new infrastructure projects as well as the slight downturn...

USTDA grant supports cement production in Afghanistan

Support for reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan is the goal of a U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) grant aw...

Prizes awarded to sustainable construction projects in Asia Pacific

Zurich/Beijing, September 23, 2005. USD 220,000 in prize money was presented to the best submissions from Asia Pacifi...

Lafarge CEO sees further cement recovery, improved margins vs energy costs

Lafarge CEO sees further cement recovery, improved margins vs energy costs Lafarge CEO Bernard Kasriel predicted th...

Government repeats calls for abolition of US cement tariffs

The Mexican government will continue its calls for the US to abolish import tariffs on cement in spite of the US gove...