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  1. Votorantim discussing Lafarge's Cimpor stake

    Company in talks with French cement maker to acquire its 17% holdings in Portuguese giant. (CW Group) Brazil's Votorantim is also in talks with French cement maker Lafarge SA to acquire its 17% percent stake in Portuguese Cimpor, a report from...

    • Type: Article
    • Category: Mergers & Acquisitions
  2. CSN looking to continue merger bid for Cimpor

    to move forward even before regulators have finished due diligence on Cimpor offer shows commitment to acquiring Portuguese giant, analysts say. [$] (CW Group) [PAID={"id":"1,2,3,4,5","title":"The content you tried to access is only available to paid...

    • Type: Article
    • Category: Mergers & Acquisitions
  3. Semapa in ÔÇÿwait and seeÔÇÖ mode on Cimpor bids

    Secil's parent company denies it is in talks with Banco Santander to finance takeover bid for Portuguese cement giant. [$] (CW Group) [PAID={"id":"1,2,3,4,5","title":"The content you tried to access is only available to paid subscribers.","link":"1"}]...

    • Type: Article
    • Category: Mergers & Acquisitions
  4. Residents oppose Texas aggregates plant

    Residents in New Braunfels, Texas, petition to refuse Holdim a permit for a rock crushing plant. (CW Group) Cement giant, Holcim, has plans for a new rock crushing plant near Cemex's Balcones plant, but local residents are doing their best to prevent...

    • Type: Article
    • Category: Plant Expansions
  5. Analysts call Camargo's Cimpor bid "more acceptable"

    report said. Analysts from Banco BPI SA have noted that Camargo's bid allegedly guarantees Portuguese control of the cement giant, but actual arrangements in the allocation of board seats will determine it. Camargo has tendered plans for a 15% to 25%...

    • Type: Article
    • Category: Mergers & Acquisitions
  6. Camargo Correa interested in Cimpor merger

    construction firm Camargo Correa is now in negotiations to buy one third of Cimpor and execute a merger with the Portuguese giant, a report from Jornal do Com├®rcio said. The merger talks come on the heels of a failed hostile takeover bid for Cimpor by...

    • Type: Article
    • Category: Mergers & Acquisitions
  7. Algeria consolidating cement sector

    of the Algerian market. Lafarge has captured the balance of the market, the minister said to Reuters. "This new industrial giant should, in the initial stage, control from 75 to 80% of the domestic market... before extending its activities towards the...

    • Type: Article
    • Category: Mergers & Acquisitions
  8. Portland Valderrivas raises capital

    structure by issuing 10.09 million new shares at a price of 20 euros per share, the cement subsidiary Spanish construction giant FCC reported today according to Europa Press. According to the company, the capital increase is part of the "effort" being...

    • Type: Article
    • Category: Financial
  9. Unicem plant handed over

    was an engineering feat successfully orchestrated by Orascom Construction Industries Nigeria Ltd, the Egyptian construction giant, later acquired by Lafarge. The site is located in the middle of the Mfamosing Jungle in the Cross River State. One of the...

    • Type: Article
    • Category: Plant Expansions
  10. Hanson UK said to be up for sale at £1 billion

    most likely to cherry-pick assets," the Daily Mail said. He added that businesses such as CRH, the Irish building materials giant, and Holcim, the Swiss worldwide supplier of cement and aggregates, might consider acquiring parts the business.  Hanson...

    • Type: Article
    • Category: Mergers & Acquisitions
  11. Demand in Jordan surges causing shortages

    manufacturers, Jordan Cement Factories Company (JCFC) changed its brand on Tuesday to "Lafarge-Jordan Cement". The French giant, Lafarge Group, owns more than 50 per cent of the company. "We want to combine the strengths of Lafarge Group with those...

    • Type: Article
    • Category: Markets & Competition
  12. Demand in Jordan surges causing shortages

    manufacturers, Jordan Cement Factories Company (JCFC) changed its brand on Tuesday to "Lafarge-Jordan Cement". The French giant, Lafarge Group, owns more than 50 per cent of the company. "We want to combine the strengths of Lafarge Group with those...

    • Type: Article
    • Category: Markets & trade
  13. Dragon lays off workers, shuts production

    "Some areas in the country are not as depressed as we are," Degrass said. Dragon Products Company is controlled by the Giant Cement Company, in turn controlled by Spanish Cementos Portland Valderrivas. Copyright CW Group. All rights reserved....

    • Type: Article
    • Category: Financial
  14. Dragon lays off workers, shuts production

    "Some areas in the country are not as depressed as we are," Degrass said. Dragon Products Company is controlled by the Giant Cement Company, in turn controlled by Spanish Cementos Portland Valderrivas. Copyright CW Group. All rights reserved....

    • Type: Article
    • Category: Ports & handling
  15. Gage new chief at Giant Cement

    On Friday, Duncan Gage replaced Manuel Llop as the President and CEO of Giant Cement, the US subsidiary of Spanish Cementos Portland Valderrivas. (CW Group) Duncan Gage previously worked during 30 years at Lafarge and for five years at Rinker Material,...

    • Type: Article
    • Category: People
  16. Vietnam PM tells cement industry to go international

    productivities and delay in a number of investment projects that have caused wastes, the Prime Minister asked the national giant to focus investments in key products, not hesitate in personnel reshuffle and apply information technology. "For immediate...

    • Type: Article
    • Category: Markets & Competition
  17. Valderrivas' profit drops 50% to Ôé¼102MM

    The company also announced a 100 million euro cost reduction plan. (CW Group) The subsidiary of Spain's construction giant FCC said in a note on the exchange that its turnover decreased by 19,9% to 1.425 million euros in 2008. Cementos Portland also...

    • Type: Article
    • Category: Financial
  18. Giant lays off 45 in South Carolina

    The slowdown in the construction industry has forced Giant Cement of South Carolina, USA, to cut 45 jobs at its cement plant. (CW Group) The company said on Monday that the cuts will come at its plant in Harleyville. The 45 positions represent about a...

    • Type: Article
    • Category: People
  19. Hungary and Slovakia restrict use of natural gas

    Hungary's government instructed industrial users to limit their gas use starting on Wednesday, European energy giant E.ON's Hungarian unit said. Cement factories have been told to use alternative fuel sources. [$] (CW Group)...

    • Type: Article
    • Category: Markets & Competition
  20. Kiefer new chairman at Valderrivas

    Bolsamania. The new Chairman has since June this year served as the CEO of the cement group owned by Spanish construction giant FCC Group. Mr. Dieter Kiefer was born in Switzerland, has attended Insead (Advanced Management Program) and has an MBA from...

    • Type: Article
    • Category: People

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