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In October 2009, a cement and concrete price fixing class action lawsuit was filed in Florida against Oldcastle Materials and others. The claim alleged that the defendants eliminated competition in the market for cement and concrete by charging artificially high prices from at least the period 2000 to 2009.
Table 1 - Hydraulic Cement – World Leading Producers (million metric tons) [1] Country 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 Brazil 72 70 69 64 59 52 52 46 40 37 38 40 38 40 39 China (PRC) 2,500 2,420 2,210 2,100 1,880 1,630 1,390 1,350 1,200 1,040 934 813 705 627 583 Egypt 50 50 46 44 48 47 40 38 29 29 28 29
Ciments du Katanga (CMKT or Cimenkat) is a company in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that makes cement and related products. It was established during the copper boom of the early 1920s to supply the new mining and refining companies, including worker housing and industrial construction.
CEMEX currently operates on four continents, with 64 cement plants, 1,348 ready-mix-concrete facilities, 246 quarries, 269 distribution centers and 68 marine terminals. [ 4 ] In the 2021 Forbes Global 2000 , Cemex was ranked as the 1178th -largest public company in the world with over US$13 billion in annual sales.
The term “RAAC” or “Reinforced Autoclave Aerated Concrete” might also be found in original design and drawing plans for buildings constructed between 1950 and 1990. Show comments Advertisement
The economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo declined drastically in the years leading up to and during the First and Second Congo Wars, [15] despite being home to vast potential in natural resources and mineral wealth; its gross domestic product is $69.474 billion as of 2023. During the last five reported years the exports of Democratic ...
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