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Cement Association of CanadaFrançois R. Lacroix, President of the Cement Association of Canada (CAC) is pleased to announce that the CAC Board of Directors has selected Mr. Alan Kreisberg as Chairman of the Board, effective M...News - 23 June 2005 |
WWF and Lafarge Boost Environmental AgendaLafarge, the world leader in building materials and WWF, the global conservation organization have announced the renewal of their partnership following significant progress in reducing CO2 emissio...News - 22 June 2005 |
UEM may bail out of CIMATHE UEM Group is believed to be reviewing its position in Cement Industries of Malaysia Bhd (CIMA) after the current price war has affected the bottomline of the latter, analysts covering the indu...News - 22 June 2005 |
Officials lobby for end to US cement protection policyMexican officials are intensifying their lobbying effort in seeking to end the US anti-dumping tariffs on cement imported from Mexico, local press reported. President Vicente Fox’s public policy di...News - 22 June 2005 |
Lafarge starts construction on US$120m plant in MexicoLafarge has kicked off construction works on a new US$120m plant in northern Mexico’s Hidalgo state, local press reported. The company is looking to launch operations at the 600,000tpa grey cemen...News - 22 June 2005 |
Heracles sees profits riseGreek cement producer AGET Heracles, majority-owned by France’s Lafarge, is expected to include in its 2005 financial results an extraordinary profit of Euro 44m it was reported on June 21, 2005. ...News - 22 June 2005 |
Lafarge not to boost stake in Cimpor, PortugalLafarge does not plan to boost its stake in the share capital of Portuguese cement company Cimpor. Currently Lafarge controls 12.6% of Cimpor’s share capital with the respective voting rights. The ...News - 15 June 2005 |
German cement giant draws offerA €6.5bn (US$7.9bn) bid for Germany’s largest cement maker looks destined for success amid a flurry of consolidation in the European construction materials segment, analysts say. German billion...News - 14 June 2005 |
Hanson up on takeover talk after German dealShares in UK building materials firm Hanson rose 2.5 percent on Monday, a leading gainer in a buoyant European construction and materials sector after a takeover move for Germany’s HeidelbergCemen...News - 14 June 2005 |
Cement and concrete group has come a long way to be on hold.Hanson, the company that made its name in the 1980s as an acquisitive corporate raider before "conglomerate" was a dirty word, is now a more down-to-earth business. Aggregates, cement and ready-mi...News - 10 June 2005 |