<div id="subtitle">Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Orders Nationalization of Cement Industry</div><div><p>President Hugo Chavez on Thursday ordered the nationalization of Venezuela's cement industry, saying his government cannot allow businesses to continue exporting raw materials needed to help tackle a domestic housing shortage.</p><p ...
<div id="subtitle">Venezuela Blames Foreign Cement Makers for Shortages, Prepares Nationalization</div><div><p>President Hugo Chavez's government justified its plans to nationalize the cement industry Friday by accusing foreign-owned cement companies of restricting supply to boost local prices while boosting exports to maximize profits.</p><p ...
<div id="subtitle">AP IMPACT: Chinese drywall imported during housing boom causes corrosion, possible health risk</div><div><p>At the height of the U.S. housing boom, when building materials were in short supply, American construction companies used millions of pounds of Chinese-made drywall because it was abundant ...
<div id="subtitle">EPA agrees to regulate mercury emissions from cement plants, settling lawsuit by 9 states</div><div><p>Federal regulators have settled a lawsuit with environmental activists and nine states over standards for mercury emissions from cement plants, the plaintiffs announced Friday.</p><p>Earthjustice, an ...
<div><p>Cementos Argos, the fifth-largest cement producer in Latin America, began trading its shares in the US overthe-counter market in the form of American depositary receipts. The Medellín, Colombia-based company makes white and gray cement, as well as lime and mortar. It has ...
<div id="subtitle">Pressure builds for quick action on complaints of contaminated drywall</div><div><p>Quick action is needed to avoid "a wave of hysteria" over Chinese drywall, according to a Florida state senator. More than 250 Florida homeowners claim that Chinese drywall has made them sick ...
<div id="subtitle">Mexican cement giant Cemex posts loss of $707 million in 4th quarter</div><div><p>Mexico's Cemex SAB, the world's third-largest cement company, lost $707 million in the fourth quarter of 2008 — its first quarterly loss in a decade, the company said Thursday.</p>< ...
<div id="subtitle">Cement industry says EPA proposals for reducing mercury, other air pollution not achievable</div><div><p>A group representing the U.S. cement industry says a federal government plan for cutting emissions of mercury and other air toxins at its plants is unrealistic.</p><p> ...
<div><p>Mexico's Cemex, the world's third largest cement producer, has sought World Bank arbitration over Caracas's nationalization of its Venezuelan operations, a company spokesman said Thursday.</p><p>"Cemex presented its demand before the international mediation tribunal of the World Bank," Jorge Perez, a spokesman for ...
<div id="subtitle">Mexico's Cemex says World Bank division to hear claim against Venezuela nationalization</div><div><p>A World Bank arbitration division has agreed to consider a complaint by Mexican cement giant Cemex SAB against Venezuela's nationalization of its local cement plants, a company spokesman said Thursday.</p ...
