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Lafarge hit by lower cement prices in Brazil, Malaysia and Korea

On the previously announced 6.3% increase in turnover 5.7% to €7,220m for the first half, Lafarge’s EBITDA for ...

Officials to discuss removing US cement tariffs

The US and Mexican governments will hold meetings next week to discuss the increase in US imports of Mexican cement, ...

Cementos Melon ranks first in sales Jan-Jul 2005, Chile

Chilean cement producer Cementos Melon ranked first in Chile in terms of cement sales with 802,593t for the period fr...

President Kabbah of Sierra Leone commissions Leocem Cement Mill-2

The new mill which has a capacity of 420,000t, has brought relief to the acute shortage of cement in the country. In ...

Loma Negra pays off US$39m in debts

Loma Negra, Argentina’s biggest cement company, has redeemed early US$39.3mn of bonds, the firm told the Buenos...

Holcim Croatia opens EUR1.7m concrete factory

The Croatian unit of Swiss cement maker Holcim Group said it has opened a 13 million kuna (US$2.2m) concrete factory,...

Ultratech signs $4.35 m deal with US-based co

Ultratech Cement Ltd, has signed a $4.35 million contract with a US-based company for the supply of power generation ...

New deliveries will probably influence rate trends

After eight months of already intense shipbuilding activity, the rest of the year could see almost the same pace of t...

Lafarge 1H net profit down

Lafarge said its first-half net profit fell by 18% to EUR359m on difficult market conditions in Brazil, Malaysia, Ger...

Boral attractive, but near-term bid talk seen overdone

A run of takeovers among global building products groups could deter any near-term bid for Australia’s Boral Lt...