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Mexico cement industry trims 2005 outlook

Mexico’s cement industry has trimmed its output forecast for 2005 to a rise of between 2.5-3 per cent and per c...

Siam City Cement says rising costs to damp 2005 profit growth

Thailand’s second-largest cement maker Siam City Cement PCL expects its net profit growth this year to be lower...

Cement production to achieve 1Mt, Brazil

Brazil expects to produced around 1Mt more of cement this year. In 2004, the companies active in the sector produced ...

Southern Province cement H1 profit up 14%

Saudi Arabia’s Southern Province Cement Co first-half net profit rose 14 per cent to 323 million riyals ($86m),...

Cement sales rise on construction boom, India

Cement sales rose strongly in June as firms stepped up construction activity across the country spurred by strong gro...

Holcim completes compulsory buyout

Holcim Participations (UK) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Holcim Ltd, has now acquired 100 percent of the ordi...

Cemex And Ready Mix USA Complete JV

The US subsidiary of Cemex and Ready Mix USA, a private ready-mix concrete company with operations in the Southeaster...

CRH pretax profits rise again

CRH announced that it expects that profit before tax for the six months to Jun. 30, 2005 will show a percentage incre...

Lafarge, Comex team up to build gypsum plant

Lafarge will team up with Mexico’s largest paint manufacturer Comex to build a gypsum production plant in the c...

Atlas appoints CEO and managing director

Atlas Group Holdings Ltd, Australia, has appointed Dr Martin Foreman as chief executive officer and managing director...