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Stalled Cemex bid stirs Rinker pot

Cemex is not expected to raise its US$12bn ($15.3bn) bid for Australian rival Rinker Group when the offer expires at the end of the month, even if that means walking away empty-handed.     But b...
News - 19 March 2007

Lafarge Moldovan unit net profit down 15.6% in 2006

The net profit of Moldovan cement producer Ciment, majority owned by Lafarge, fell by 15.6% last year to 43m lei ($3.4m), the company said on Wednesday. Ciment, located in the northern town of Re...
News - 15 March 2007

Philippine cement makers to justify price hikes - Trade execs

Cement producers have said they will not raise cement prices until the end of summer and that they will submit a list of costs that have forced them to increase cement prices, Trade officials told...
News - 13 March 2007

Cement companies investigated for alleged cartel involvement

The Brazilian federal antitrust investigator (SDE) is probing eight cement manufacturing companies for possible involvement in a cartel, government news service Radiobrás reported.     The SDE, a...
News - 13 March 2007

Lafarge, Vicat fined EUR25M over supplying in Corsica

Lafarge SA and Vicat SA have been fined a total EUR25m by the French competition regulator over their supply deals in Corsica, the regulator Conseil de la Concurrence said Monday.   The Conseil d...
News - 13 March 2007

Lafarge bought back EUR70.57m worth of own shares

Lafarge SA has bought back EUR70.57m worth of its own shares between March 5 and March 9, the Paris stock-market regulator Autorite des Marches Financiers said Monday in a statement.    In total,...
News - 13 March 2007

AIC expects decision on construction of a new cement plant

Lafarge has completed the raw material study in the provinces of Tovuz and Gazakh in Azerbaijan and is summarising the findings currently, says the deputy executive director of AIC Riyad Gasimov. ...
News - 13 March 2007

Conch cement consignment to arrive amid chaos

A ship carrying the first consignment for South Africa from Conch Cement is scheduled to dock in Durban this week amid confusion in the market about who has the legal right to sell the product in ...
News - 12 March 2007

Lafarge continues to reduce its Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Registers a Third ’’Clean Development Mechanism’’

An initiative launched by  Lafarge in India with the aim of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions has been registered as a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) by the CDM Executive Board, in line wit...
News - 09 March 2007

Lafarge speeds expansion as demand soars, Morocco

The Moroccan affiliate of Lafarge SA will accelerate a capacity expansion to cope with soaring demand, its managing director said on Wednesday.     Low-income housing, road infrastructure and tou...
News - 08 March 2007