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India Cements puts off AP units sale plan

Buoyed by a heavy dose of funds from overseas investor Asia Debt Management, India Cements, South India’s largest cement manufacturer, has decided to shelve the plan to sell its Andhra Pradesh-bas...
News - 24 February 2005

Lafarge to increase its plasterboard capacity by 50%, UK

Lafarge announced that it will invest approximately EUR45m in a new plasterboard plant in the Midlands, which will increase its capacity by 50% in the UK with an additional 25Mm2. The launch of th...
News - 23 February 2005

Cement industry achieves climate change target

The British Cement Association (BCA) announced that all four UK cement manufacturers and the sector as a whole have achieved their targets under the Climate Change Levy Agreements for 2004. Three ...
News - 22 February 2005

Outlook: Lafarge FY profits to easily meet targets, France

Lafarge SA, the world’s largest cement producer, will report full year net profit of EUR827-880m on Thursday morning, up from EUR728m the previous year, as the improved economic climate allowed th...
News - 21 February 2005

Cement market develops faster than economy , Romania

The cement market in Romania saw a record high growth pace since the entrance on the market of three strategic investors: Lafarge, Holcim and HeidelbergCement, according to local news reports. ...
News - 21 February 2005

Romanian Competition Council completes cartel report

Romanian competition watchdog said it completed its report on cartel agreement allegations against cement companies Lafarge, Holcim and HeidelbergCement, government sources said on February 17, 200...
News - 18 February 2005

Cement consumption grows in 2004

Cement consumption in Brazil grew 1.1 per cent to 33.9Mt in 2004 compared to the year before, according to preliminary data from the country’s national cement industry union SNIC.  In the period, ...
News - 17 February 2005

Cement users to resist hike in prices

The Irish concrete industry is expected to fiercely resist an unwanted hike in the cement price which comes at a time when its own selling prices are under pressure. Three of the island’s four cem...
News - 17 February 2005

Good times for the Indian cement sector

The good times are here for the cement sector. There is already a strong surge in demand, coupled with robust prices - and the industry expects finance minister P Chidambaram’s budget to provide t...
News - 16 February 2005

Mexico’s Cemex sets March 1 date for British buyout

Mexico’s Cemex, the world’s No. 3 cement maker, said on Tuesday it expects to conclude its $4.2bn cash acquisition of Britain’s RMC Group on March 1 after winning regulatory clearance from in the ...
News - 16 February 2005