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...Analysts at Citi warned that EU countries “with a larger share of imports from Russia, Turkey, India and China in particular could see input costs of cement and lime, fertilisers, iron and steel, and aluminium...
...It is led by Tim Dunn, a prominent conservative political donor, and backed by the private equity group Lime Rock Partners....
...Diploma course lecturer Giulia Vogrig, who trained in Italy, explains how the earliest mosaics use the direct method: the materials are applied directly on to cement or lime mortar....
...Waterproof tanks made with lime, brick dust and oil were probably fed by gutters from nearby thatch or shingle roofs dating back to the 1610s, he says....
...Architects often “stabilise” the material with a small portion of cement, negating some of its eco-credentials....
...Overseeing the War Office’s transformation is its new owner, a company founded in colonial India....
...“In one particular year there was an issue with lime escaping from the cement in a water feature,” says West about one of his Chelsea Show gardens. “She asked about the bubbles....
...Towering blast furnaces heated to above 1,000C are loaded with the mineral, lime and coke, a fuel derived from metallurgical coal that removes the oxygen molecules from iron oxide....
...Sequoia has also invested in Ninebot, the Chinese company that bought Segway in 2015, which makes scooters for companies including Bird and Lime....
...Paris has an 18-storey sycamore, avenues of ferociously pollarded horse chestnuts and a 400-year-old locust, war-damaged but flourishing, propped up with ivy and cement in a square near Shakespeare and Company...
...And finally: the electric scooter boom of 2018 has raised concerns about safety and led to bans on the sharing companies such as Lime in several cities, including this week in Madrid....
...One example is the lime mortar historically used to cement bricks and stone together....
...The deal makes CRH Europe’s second-largest producer of lime, a product used in the chemicals and pharmaceuticals sectors as well as cement....
...UBS analysts praised it as sensible “asset rotation” — which one would hope for in a company that handles millions of tonnes of cement....
...It also announced the purchase of Fels, a lime and aggregates business in Germany for €600m....
...Seashore, wet cement, fruit candy, cassata and pharmacy are the sorts of words that each pot might evoke....
...Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was chipper, adding 0.7 per cent in response to some well-received company results....
...rather than lime mortar....
...It seems even the US stands to gain from European QE – Stanley Fischer, a leading Federal Reserve policy maker, forsees a boost to US exports as a result, even if the strong dollar offsets some of those...
...The 23ft tall Urs Fischer sculpture may divide opinion, but fast-growing Qatar Airways, the airport’s main carrier, was pleased that the facility finally opened after long delays....
...The Mineral Products Association, a trade body, estimated that the ruling could cost the cement and lime sector alone up to £75m....
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...You need to take a teaspoon of cement!” shouts the Australian runner as he passes me on the woodland track. “Harden up mate – there’s only 20k to go!”...
...Cemex, the Mexican cement and building materials manufacturer, is now the largest producer in its segment in the US – commanding 10.5 per cent of a highly fragmented market....
...The lime and chestnut trees are in full leaf; the rolling parkland sparkles emerald-green after a week of torrential rain....
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