- Portugal: the Portuguese Government has cleared the sale of the last 10% of the capital the state still held in the cement manufacturer CIMPOR to TEIXEIRA DUARTE, Portugal's foremost cement manufacturer and with over a 17% stake in CIMPOR. The sale was at 30.4 euro a share. With this operation, the state will pocket 410 million euro. Switzerland's HOLCIM and Portugal's SECIL were also interested in the sale but, meanwhile, handed in the towel. See EI of 17 April.