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New Colorado Cement Facility Opens - 08/07/2008
(Pueblo, CO) A new cement plant being built by Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua will start limited operations next week, according to the chief of its American division.

Building costs in Gulf up by 50 percent this year - 08/07/2008
(Dubai, UAE) Lack of skilled labour and soaring prices of building materials have pushed building costs in the Gulf by 50 percent in the first half of 2008, according to a leading real estate firm of the region. Al Mazaya Holding, which is listed on both the Kuwait and Dubai stock exchanges, said in a statement Tuesday that inflationary pressures in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have increased the cost of building materials, leading skilled and unskilled labourers to leave the country. This has resulted in a labour shortage that has fuelled soaring building costs in the region.

Caterpillar Runs Plant On 100% Wind Power - 08/07/2008
Caterpillar has transitioned the power for its Northern Ireland facilities to green electricity, saying the move is part of its plan to use alternative or renewable sources to meet 20 percent of its energy needs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from existing facilities by 25 percent by 2020.

Pan Pacific Aggregates working on California Deal - 08/07/2008
Bombed-out Pan Pacific Aggregates is seeking £1m following a deal it believes will start to restore its fortunes.

Asphalt prices restrict road repairs - 08/07/2008
(HOUSTON, TX) Soaring oil prices are making traveling the roads more expensive than ever – for motorists and road repair crews alike.

Calif. suing cement company over toxic emissions - 08/07/2008
(RIVERSIDE, CA) State Attorney General Jerry Brown and Riverside County District Attorney Rod Pacheco are suing a cement factory, saying it exposed neighbors to toxic cement dust without warning them.

Cemex to raise Mexico cement prices by 5 pct - 08/07/2008
(MONTERREY, Mexico) Mexico's Cemex , the world's No. 3 cement producer, plans to increase its local cement prices by an average of 5 percent starting on Monday, a source close to the company said on Friday.

Lafarge gaining ground in Algeria - 08/07/2008
(North Africa) The French company Lafarge has acquired a 35% share of the Meftah cement manufacturing company for 43.5 million euros.

EU court confirms Lafarge cartel fine of 246 Mill Euro, reduces BPB - 08/07/2008
(LUXEMBOURG, EU) The European Union's second-highest court confirmed on Tuesday a 249.6 million euro ($390.5 million) fine imposed in 2002 against France's Lafarge, but cut another fine in a plasterboard cartel.

Lafarge create excellent cement centre - 07/07/2008
Lafarge Cement UK have invested £3.5m in transforming their Cauldon Works in the Staffordshire into a 'centre of excellence' for innovative packed products.

New Process Creates Look Of Dirt Roads In Old Saybrook - 07/07/2008
(OLD SAYBROOK, CT) This is a place that cherishes its history, which, as the oldest settlement on the Connecticut shore, stretches back centuries. Now the town is raising its rustic quotient by trying to make even its newly improved roads look old.

TxDOT tests TXI expanded shale aggregate - 07/07/2008
Reduced settling of embankment with expanded shale aggregate saves taxpayer dollars.

Holcim higher cement prices needed for profits - 07/07/2008
(MUMBAI, INDIA) -- Higher cement prices in India and other markets were necessary to maintain margins in the face of rising energy costs, a senior executive of Swiss cement maker Holcim told India's Business Standard paper at the weekend.

Lafarge Cement fined £200,000 after welder loses an ear - 07/07/2008
(UK) -- A cement manufacturer has been fined £200,000 after a quarry worker lost an ear after falling into an electric fan.

Cemex to raise Mexico cement prices by 5 pct - 07/07/2008
(MONTERREY, Mexico) - Mexico's Cemex (CX.N), (CMXCPO.MX), the world's No. 3 cement producer, plans to increase its local cement prices by an average of 5 percent starting on Monday, a source close to the company said on Friday.

Lafarge pushes forward with plan to stop hearing - 07/07/2008
(Lake Ontario, Canada) -- Lafarge isn't backing down from its efforts to stop a hearing into a plan to burn scrap tires at its Bath cement plant.

Israel faces severe raw materials shortage - 06/07/2008
(Jerusalem, Israel) -- It is somewhat counterintuitive to have the people responsible for developing mines and quarries also be the ones in charge of rehabilitating them, but in the case of Petroleum Commissioner Dr. Yaakov Mimran this arrangement seems to be working.

Best Vibratory Feeders designed for tough jobs - 06/07/2008
(Brunswick, Ohio) -- BEST vibratory feeders manufactured by Metso Minerals Industries, Inc. are designed to smoothly convey products. Flow of material is adjustable, and the flow rate can be variable or fixed.

Adelaide Brighton Cement buys Hanson Building Products - 03/07/2008
(Australia) ADELAIDE Brighton Cement has bought Queensland based concrete products business Hanson Building Products for $81 million, handing it the top rank of Australian masonry suppliers.

Rebuilding China Where to Invest - 03/07/2008
If you must invest in the overpriced Chinese market, go for one of the least glamorous sectors. Cement, for example.

Lafarge Premium Shows Shares Peaked on Cracked Cement (Update2) - 03/07/2008
Lafarge SA's $16 billion purchase of the Middle East's biggest cement maker may not give the French company the profit boost it forecast as the region's governments clamp down on exports and price increases to cool inflation.

Asphalt scammers turn themselves in - 03/07/2008
(Panama, Florida)Claiming they were tired of running, four individuals under investigation for fraud involving the pouring of asphalt in Bay County have turned themselves in to investigators at the Bay County Sheriff’s Office.

Douglas Tiger paddles way to concrete canoe victory - 03/07/2008
Douglas High alum and champion concrete canoe paddler Robert Coomes was sitting high and dry in traffic on Wednesday afternoon. Robert and his University of Nevada, Reno, crewmates are taking their time bringing the 160-pound canoe back home after their victory Saturday in the 21st annual National Concrete Canoe Competition in Montreal.

Rogers Group buys Tennessee Asphalt Co. - 03/07/2008
Rogers Group is the nation's largest privately-held crushed stone producer and a major asphalt producer and highway contractor group.The company employes about 1,500 people in five states and had $490 million revenue in 2006.

Truckies plan downtown gridlock over road charges - NZ - 03/07/2008
(Auckland, NZ) Angry truckies are planning to choke Auckland and other city centres with their trucks tomorrow morning in protest against a sudden increase in road-user charges on diesel vehicles.