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MBM could fuel North American cement kilnsDisposing of cattle meat and bone meal, or MBM, has been an environmental problem since the mid-1990s, when its use as animal feed was banned in Europe following outbreaks of Bovine Spongiform Enc...News - 19 January 2006 |
Kenya planning to force Lafarge to downsizeA major battle is reportedly looming between French investor Lafarge and the Kenya government as it emerges that the latter plans to force the cement conglomerate to sell part of its shares in the...News - 18 January 2006 |
TCC aims for No.3 spot, ChinaThe year 2008 would be a guidepost year for the Taiwan Cement Corp (TCC) as a development pillars of fast growth, said Leslie Koo, chairman of Taiwan Cement Group. At that time, TCC will sque...News - 17 January 2006 |
More Cement Companies added to cartel investigationHeidelbergCement, Schwenk and Holcim have been added to a cartel case involving the cement industry, according to Financial Times Deutschland, citing a Duesseldorf court spokesman. Last August, Laf...News - 16 January 2006 |
Polish cement sales show improvementsSales of cement in Poland stood at 11.3Mt in 2005, slightly up from the 2004 levels, but analysts expect a better performance in the next few years. The combined sales of cement in Poland amounted...News - 13 January 2006 |
Solid cement sales in South AfricaThe Cement and Concrete Institute of South Africa reports that cement sales last year increased 10 per cent over 2004. A record 12.9Mt of cement were sold in SA and its customs union partner co...News - 12 January 2006 |
Chilean Melon to build US$20m plant in Central ChileChile’s leading cement producer Empresas Melon, controlled by the French based construction materials group Lafarge, plans to build a new cement grinding plant in Chile’s Region V, in the central ...News - 11 January 2006 |
Lafarge to invest more in EcuadorLafarge plans to invest US$12 million in its Ecuadorean unit Cementos Selva Alegre over the next three years, the chief financial officer of the Andean unit said Monday. The investment of around fo...News - 10 January 2006 |
Leading calcium aluminates producer on the blockMateris, the specialist construction products group created by Lafarge in 2001 to help finance the acquisition of Blue Circle industries, looks likely to change hands for the third time in the less...News - 06 January 2006 |
Lafarge Malayan Cement buys back 6.16M sharesLafarge Malayan Cement Bhd said it bought back 6.16 million of its own shares at prices ranging from MYR0.605 to MYR0.62 each for a total of MYR3.8m yesterday. In a statement, the cement maker said...News - 05 January 2006 |