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Steppe Cement increases first-quarter cement sales and volumes in 2021 Written by Global Cement staff 19 April 2021 Kazakhstan: Steppe Cement’s cement sales in the first quarter of 2021 were US$11.3m, up by 22% year-on-year from US$9.27m in the first quarter of 2020. Volumes increased by 13% to 266,000t from 236,000t. The company said that it remained close to full capacity utilisation. It says that it increased its Kazakh cement market ...

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HDC to build 2,000-plus units in 2021 3 Hrs Ago CONGRATS: Kadisha Munroe, left, receives the keys to her new HDC home in Riverside North, Corinth on Monday from Housing Minister Pennelope Beckles and HDC chairman Noel Garcia. - Photo by Lincoln Holder THE Housing Development Corporation (HDC) will aim to build more than 2,000 housing units this year through the government’s Accelerated Housing Programme. Housing Minister Pennelope Beckles revealed this at a key distribution ceremony at Corint...

Give top priority to affordable homes 01 Apr 2021 / 23:42 H. OF all the tasks any government undertakes in nation-building, I cannot think of a more crucial one than housing the people. Not just any kind of housing, but affordable homes. And by the same token, affordable not merely on paper but within the means of particularly the low-income population, better known as the B40 group. Readers of this column might get the impression that this is a problem that exists only in developing countri...

Ihumātao deal under scrutiny as Housing Minister accused of using KiwiBuild as slush fund Newshub 4 days ago © Getty Megan Woods The Governments Ihumātao deal is coming under scrutiny as Housing Minister Megan Woods is accused of using a KiwiBuild programme as a "slush fund".  The Housing Minister rejected the assertion by Nationals housing spokesperson Nicola Willis, saying shes "confused" and doesnt understand what the KiwiBuild programme in question is for.  The disputed south Auckl...

Willis asked Dr Woods in Parliament on Wednesday how she could justify using funds to purchase the land at Ihumātao that were "explicitly earmarked in Budget 2020 for KiwiBuild homes". Budget 2020 states that the Land for Housing Programme is "intended to facilitate the development of KiwiBuild affordable homes".  Dr Woods said Willis was "confused" and hadnt looked at the broader purpose of the Land for Housing Programme, which was to "acquire land suitable for residential development" t...

The Government is facing questions over redacted information in a Cabinet paper.

“New Zealanders will be demanding answers after learning that the Government’s chief economic adviser opposed its efforts to solve the dispute at Ihumātao”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Government purchased the land at Ihumātao ...

It's opened the Government up to allegations of misusing taxpayer money.

625 affordable homes in Cambridgeshire "in jeopardy" after Government withdraws funding commitment Analysis has revealed how many homes are affected - and where they are set to be built Updated Houses under construction (file photo) (Image: Joe Giddens/PA Wire) Sign up to our newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up here! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes the...