1.   Declines in Bogota were across the board, with key banks and cement companies falling.

2.   My dad was a chemist at a cement company.

3.   The post was given to Aliou Mahamidou, hitherto director of the state-owned cement manufacturing company.

4.   Analysts had said the Swiss cement company could join Cemex SA and Cemento Argos SA in bidding for Cementos Paz Del Rio.

5.   Argos has investments in other Colombian cement companies.

6.   Banks and cement companies have also been big gainers.

7.   A report by ABN-Amro Hoare Govett published last month said cement companies, by adding on too much capacity, were building their own tombstones.

8.   Acerias is part of the Medellin-based Sindicato Antioqueno industry group of banks, cement companies and retailers.

9.   After acquiring so many cement companies.

10.   Also, Asian cement companies present few bargains.