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Vietnamese PM orders restructuring of construction materials sector

18 June 2024, Published under Cement News

On June 15, Vietnamese Prime Minister, Pham Minh Chinh, ordered the restructuring of the construction materials industry in terms of organisation, finance and input materials. In an online conference on removing difficulties in stimulating production and consumption of cement, metals, and other construction materials, the Prime Minister highlighted the issues of rising fuel costs, raw material shortages, environmental protection pressures, and problems with policy, markets and financing. ...

Cementos Argos

19 October 2016, Published under Cement News

Colombia’s cement producers, including Cementos Argos, will be awaiting the fallout from the country’s ‘no’ vote on October 2. Following four years of planning the Colombian government signed a peace agreement with the rebel group Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) in June this year, putting the deal to the public vote via a referendum earlier this month. A surprise ‘no’ vote (winning with 50.25 per cent of the votes), believed to be due to the deal being too lenient on the r...