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Lafarge Malayan Cement Q2 net profit falls

Lafarge Malayan Cement Bhd said its second-quarter to June net profit fell to 24.83 mln rgt from 37.71 mln a year earlier after sales dipped to 443.38 mln rgt from 447.45 mln, with domestic demand...
News - 31 August 2004

Philippines Republic Cement

Republic Cement Corp, majority owned by Lafarge said Friday its board has approved to fully acquire Lafarge’s Continental Operating Corp which will increase its total cement capacity to 8.5Mta o...
News - 27 August 2004

Environmental group urges no waste burn

A Canadian environmental group is urging the province to deny a request from two companies that want to burn Blue Box materials and recyclable hazardous waste. The Toronto Environmental Allia...
News - 27 August 2004

Canacem to fight Russian cement imports

Mexico’s national cement chamber Canacem aims to launch a legal offensive against local company CDM (Comercio para el Desarrollo Mexicano), which is trying to import cement from Russia, El Financi...
News - 24 August 2004

Cimpor mulls purchase of Loma Negra

Portuguese cement company Cimpor - Cimentos de Portugal SGPS is studying the possibility of purchasing Argentine cement maker Loma Negra, it was reported on August 14, 2004. According to a publica...
News - 17 August 2004

Independents crowded out – claim

The four major cement producers: France’s Lafarge, Switzerland’s Holcim, Germany’s Heidelberg Cement AG and Cemex -- are aggressively pushing independent traders out of even far-flung markets, acc...
News - 16 August 2004

Circle Cement to upgrade

CIRCLE Cement Limited has embarked on a plant refurbishment programme in efforts aimed at bolstering its market competitiveness as well as enhancing production capacity. The company is currently o...
News - 16 August 2004

Lafarge signs wind farm contract

Lafarge SA said its 50 pct-owned Lafarge Maroc unit signed a contract with La Compagnie du Vent to build a windfarm to provide renewable energy for the group’s new cement plant in Tetouan, Morocco...
News - 16 August 2004

Cementir’s strategic options

The announcement that Cementir is to take over Aalborg Portland in Denmark and the Danish Unicon ready-mix business, might provide some refreshing news for the independent cement sector, although ...
News - 13 August 2004

Argentina’s Loma Negra Seeks Buyer

Reported in the Wall Street journal, Argentina’s largest cement company, is putting itself up for sale in a deal that could attract global industry powerhouses, people familiar with the matter sai...
News - 13 August 2004