CEMENT & STONE

UPDATE

MAY 2007

• Heidelberg Cement Buying British Rival Hanson for £7.85 billion

• St. Lawrence Cement's Board Recommends Holcim's Offer for Minority Shares

• Orascom Construction Industries Acquires Stake in Samba SPA

• Lafarge Acquires National Bank of Greece's 26% Share in Heracles

• Rain Commodities Ties Up Funds for Cement Plant Expansion

• CRH Announces Investments in Turkey and the US

• FLSmidth Lands Contract for New Cement Production Line in Sudan

• Pakistan Cement Industry to Consume 2.9mt Coal

• Olympic Delivery Authority to Select Single Cement Supplier

• Nigerian President Obasanjo to Commission $1bn to Obajana Cement Factory

• Tarmac Buxton Lime and Cement New Name for Buxton Lime Industries

The above news is from the May '07 Table of Contents Cement & Stone Update which is part of the World Market for Your Products and is also included in most other McIlvaine market reports.