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Tyres a wasted resource no more?

Unsightly and unhealthy tyre waste is all around us, yet we still falter over plans to clear the ever-growing heaps. As a nation that loves cars, we inevitably discard huge heaps of old tyres...
News - 12 September 2006

Cement set to rise by 15 per cent, UK

Contractors are set to be hit by massive cement price hikes over the next few months, according to a report by Contract Journal, UK.   Lafarge Cement announced this week that it will slap a 15 per...
News - 08 September 2006

Multinationals join quest for zero-carbon building

A corporate-led project aimed at making zero-energy buildings a reality worldwide swelled its ranks with nine more multinationals joining in the effort this week.  The consortium of constructi...
News - 07 September 2006

Lafarge designs new tear- and weather-resistant bag

A solution to the age-old problem of damaged cement bags is being rolled out across the UK next month by Lafarge. The polyethylene packaging, claimed to be both tear- and weather-resistant and...
News - 07 September 2006

Government plan to set up more cement plants in India opposed

Reacting to the alarming situation arising out of the degradation of environment in the surrounding areas of cement plants in Himachal Pardesh, people have raised a banner of revolt against settin...
News - 05 September 2006

Portland ownership talks

A meeting to review ownership of East African Portland Cement is scheduled for next week.  The Wednesday gathering, to be attended by shareholders, will decide among other issues, whether a listed...
News - 04 September 2006

Heracles reports H1 profit increase

Athens-quoted Aget Heracles SA on Wednesday announced group sales of Euro 329.5m for the first half of 2006, up 14.8 per cent against the same period of  2005.  The parent company’s sales totalled...
News - 31 August 2006

Harleyville set to grow

A US$291 million expansion and upgrade of the Lafarge North America cement plant near Harleyville represents the largest single capital investment in Dorchester County history, officials said Tues...
News - 31 August 2006

CSN buys Chinese equipment

Chinese machinery and equipment manufacturing companies have moved into the Brazilian cement sector after Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN) Cimentos signed a deal with two companies for the con...
News - 29 August 2006

Cement price ceiling

The Egyptian minister of Trade and Industry has announced a ceiling ex-works price for domestic bagged cement at EGP290/t (EUR40/t). This comes just after the anti-trust investigation launched in ...
News - 25 August 2006