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Lafarge pushes cement sales ahead to 119.4Mt

The turnover at Lafarge rose by an underlying 7.7 per cent in 2004 to €14,436m, with cement accounting for €7,403m (5...

No cement shortage says local supplier

The sole supplier of cement in Brunei Darussalam, Butra Heidelbergcement Sdn Bhd, insists that there is no shortage o...

Cemex has not dropped arbitration option

Cemex SA has suspended temporarily but not withdrawn the arbitration case over a failed put option deal involving a 5...

Lafarge eyes small, medium acquisitions

Lafarge has a business model to focus on small- and medium-sized acquisitions, rather than large ones, according to J...

Abdioglu to buy Uzan cement operation?

Turkish Abdioglu Group is interested in acquiring cement operation Trabzon Cimento, previously owned by the controver...

PPC records R5.4m loss

Cement manufacturer Portland Holdings Limited (Porthold) in Zimbabwe, which had its results de-consolidated from pare...

Eurocement: production up 13 per cent

In 2004, the Eurocement Group produced more than 9.6Mt of cement, 13 per cent more than in 2003. The group turned o...

Takeover at Essa Cement

A group of financiers and an industrialist have jointly took over Essa Cement Limited, by paying liabilities of the c...

Death at Artesia plant investigated

Company officials and representatives of the US Mine Safety and Health Administration are investigating the death of ...

Diamond Cement, Ghana, no pollution problem

The Volta Regional Parliamentary Caucus has discounted media reports that the operations of Diamond Cement Ghana Limi...