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Ecuador investment plansEcuador investment plans The Ecuador Development Corporation (CAF) has recently approved a US$40 million loan to cement manufacturing company Lafarge Cementos (former Cementos Selva Alegre). By ...News - 21 May 2007 |
La Tribune: strong growth in profit for LafargeLafarge achieved a net operating profit of € 345m for the first quarter of 2007, up 58 per cent on the corresponding period of last year. The net profit increased six-fold to € 362m, owing to th...News - 18 May 2007 |
British Precast member companies updated on UK cement supply positionAt today’s British Precast Concrete Federation AGM and Annual Conference members heard informative presentations from Mike Gilbert, Chief Executive of the British Cement Association, and Andy Murp...News - 18 May 2007 |
Orascom acquires stake in Algeria’s SambaOrascom Construction Industries announced that it has acquired a 60% stake in Samba SPA, the largest aggregates producer in Algeria, for a total sum of US$8 million. Samba owns and operates a crus...News - 17 May 2007 |
HeidelbergCement offers EUR11,700m for HansonThe agreed bid by HeidelbergCement for Hanson will create the world’s largest aggregates producer and the at the bid price of 1,100 pence values Hanson at some EUR11,700m, a record price for a bui...News - 16 May 2007 |
Polish producers warn over cement shortagesA potential lack of construction materials in Poland has been highlighted in the local Polish press, following recent announcements that Poland has been awarded the prize of hosting the European C...News - 16 May 2007 |
Polish producers warn over cement shortagesA potential lack of construction materials in Poland has been highlighted in the local Polish press, following recent announcements that Poland has been awarded the prize of hosting the European C...News - 15 May 2007 |
Heidelberg lines up banks for possible Hanson takeoverHeidelbergCement has lined up the Royal Bank of Scotland and Deutsche Bank as debt providers ahead of a possible takeover bid for Hanson, the world’s biggest supplier of sand and gravel which is v...News - 11 May 2007 |
Lafarge to build third plant in RussiaLafarge plans to start the construction of a new plant in Russia’s Kaluga Region south of Moscow in the autumn of 2007, to produce 2.5Mta, according to local news reports. Lafarge has won the te...News - 11 May 2007 |
Govt not interested in Cemex plant constructionHonduras’ government is not presently interested in the possibility of Mexican cement company Cemex building a plant in the Central American country, foreign service official Carlos Arturo Bueso ...News - 09 May 2007 |