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Cement shortage may slow buildingA cement shortage hitting US Oklahoma state threatens to slow building projects and is edging costs higher. Philip Schwarz, owner of Schwarz Ready Mix, said the shortage is real and will get worse...News - 11 July 2005 |
Teixeira Duarte controls sizeable Cimpor stakeCimpor said bourse regulator CMVM has ruled that construction company Teixeira Duarte SGPS controls 22.65 per cent of the cement maker’s capital and 22.78 per cent of voting rights as of July 4. T...News - 08 July 2005 |
London Olympics to spur cement investments?The rather unexpected news of London’s successful bid for the Olympic bid in 2012 has already has a positive effect on a number of UK construction share prices, but longer-term, this major boost t...News - 07 July 2005 |
Lafarge to invest US$90m to reconstruct Aceh plantLafarge SA will invest US$90m to rebuild a cement plant in Aceh, Indonesia, destroyed by the tsunamis December 2004, the French company said Thursday ending speculation that the company was going t...News - 07 July 2005 |
Lafarge, Comex team up to build gypsum plantLafarge will team up with Mexico’s largest paint manufacturer Comex to build a gypsum production plant in the central state of Querétaro, local press reported. The two firms will also create a n...News - 05 July 2005 |
Lafarge Romcim installs waste processorRomanian cement producer Lafarge Romcim has installed a Euro 1.0m waste processor at its plant in Medgidia, southeastern Romania, it was reported on June 29, 2005. The system has a capacity to tre...News - 01 July 2005 |
Cauldon Works opts for plasticLafarge Cement UK’s Cauldon Works is making preparations for the launch of the company’s latest innovation - the first mainstream cement to be packed in plastic. Lafarge has adopted new technolog...News - 29 June 2005 |
Ciments du Maroc to invest Euro 140mMoroccan cement company Ciments du Maroc, owned by Italian sector group Italcementi, plans to invest Euro 140m over the following five years, it was reported on June 28, 2005. Ciments du Maroc, ...News - 29 June 2005 |
Lafarge to invest more in gypsum divisionLafarge said on Monday it would increase its gypsum production by 20 per cent, through an investment of 300 million euros ($362.5m). The world’s biggest cement maker said the expansion would take ...News - 27 June 2005 |
Greece’s Heracles Q1 hit by sales fallGreek cement maker Heracles Cement , majority-owned by France’s Lafarge , reported a first-quarter pretax loss on Thursday, hit by falling sales in the domestic market and higher fuel cos...News - 24 June 2005 |