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Melon uses tyres

Chile's Cemento Melon has begun using used tyres to fire its kiln no 9 at its industrial plant in Region V municipality La Calera, Melon communications manager Ignacio del Rio confirmed to local re...
News - 05 January 2004

Nigerian WAPCO seeks $290m

Nigeria's largest cement maker WAPCO said on Tuesday it wanted to raise 40 billion naira (US$290m) through a combination of medium-term debt and a rights issue to restructure its debt and bolster w...
News - 05 January 2004

Votorantim denies cartel accusation

The chairman of the Brazilian Votorantim' board, Antonio Erminio de Moraes, counterattacked the accusations of cartel in the cement segment. The Secretariat for Economic Rights SDE (Secretaria de ...
News - 05 January 2004

UK – Court rejects superquarry plan

Plans for a 600ha ‘super quarry’ at Lingerbay, Harris have received a setback for cement producer Lafarge as the Court of Session rejected the plans.  The basis of the case relied on the permissio...
News - 05 January 2004

Cimpor stake bought by Lafarge

Cimpor Cimentos de Portugal SA said France's Lafarge paid 4.07 eur per share for the additional 17,742,705 shares or 2.64 per cent stake it bought in the Portuguese cement maker on Monday from Cem...
News - 24 December 2003

Cimpor stake bought by Lafarge

Cimpor Cimentos de Portugal SA said France's Lafarge paid 4.07 eur per share for the additional 17,742,705 shares or 2.64 per cent stake it bought in the Portuguese cement maker on Monday from Cem...
News - 24 December 2003

Serbian Novi Popovac

Serbian cement maker Novi Popovac said on December 22, 2003 it planned investments of Euro 20m for 2004.  The funds will be used for modernisation of cement production facilities and for increase o...
News - 24 December 2003

Lafarge to divest of stake in Molins

As part of its continued efforts to improve its balance sheet following the acquisition of Blue Circle Industries, Lafarge has signed an agreement to sell its 40.9% in Cementos Molins Industrial. ...
News - 23 December 2003

Lafarge acquisition

Lafarge has acquired the EBRD's 23 per cent shareholding in Lafarge Polska, which is made up of Lafarge's cement and aggregates & concrete operations in Poland. The transaction amounts to Euro84m,...
News - 18 December 2003

Europe – Cement Sustainability stakeholders make progress in wide range of issues

The latest Cement Sustainability stakeholder meeting, hosted by the Cement Sustainability Initiative in Brussels, was the scene for productive talks on many of the more complex issues surrounding ...
News - 12 December 2003