In its 2010 report, Cemex said it owns "54 ready-mix concrete plants, eight aggregates quarries, one concrete products plant, one admixtures plant, one asphalt plant, one lime factory and one blocks factory in Israel."

The Yatir Quarry in the south Hebron Hills of the West Bank, is co-owned by Readymix (50%). International law (Hague Regulations, 1907, Article 55) prohibits the exploitation of natural resources in occupied territories. Swiss human rights activist, Adri Nieuwhof, reported that in May 2011 Readymix was filmed removing materials from Yatir through a checkpoint into Israel using a Volvo truck. (See Volvo in table "CPP Investments.")

In 2009, an Israeli human rights group, Yesh Din, unsuccessfully petitioned Israel’s high court to end Israeli mining, including at Yatir. The group’s attorneys said such quarries are "clearly illegal activity, which constitutes blunt and ugly colonial exploitation of land we [Israel] had forcefully seized."

In another article, Nieuwhof notes that Cemex has also provided "concrete for the construction of Israel’s controversial Jerusalem Light Rail project," which "strengthens Israel’s grip on the greater Jerusalem area by connecting West Jerusalem with several settlements in or surrounding occupied East 

Jerusalem."

She also notes that CEMEX has endorsed the UN Global Compact. This "strategic policy initiative" commits businesses to "responsible business practices," such as making sure "they are not complicit in human rights abuses." She concludes that

"Building a STRONGER Foundation," CEMEX 2010 20F Report
www.cemex.com/InvestorCenter/files/2010/CEMEX2010_20F.pdf

Cemex
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