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Cemex seeks arbitration over Venezuela dispute

MEXICO CITY
Wed Aug 20, 2008 10:32pm EDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican cement firm Cemex said on Wednesday it will seek international arbitration to resolve a dispute with Venezuela's government, which seized the company's unit there in a nationalization drive.

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Cemex chief financial officer Rodrigo Trevino had told Reuters earlier on Wednesday that international arbitration was one of several options it could turn to.

(Reporting by Noel Randewich; Editing by Louise Heavens)



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