CRH could be considering the sale of a US unit, Allied Building Products for as much as $1bn (€676m).
Robert Haggquist, Clarksons (UK)

Eastern Province Cement Company has announced its 9M-2009 results. Net profits witnessed a decline
Adana Cimento and FLSmidth Denmark have signed a contract for the high level optimisation
India’s largest cement maker by capacity, said Wednesday its third quarter consolidated net profit jumped
Nigeria’s Benue Cement Company posted a 171 per cent rise in pretax profit to NGN12.96bn (US$87m) in
PT Semen Gresik said Thursday its nine-month net profit rose 35% to IDR2.41 trillion ($251 million) from
HeidelbergCement India Thursday reported a more than two-fold surge in third quarter net profit on
Siam Cement Group (SCG), the country’s largest industrial conglomerate, is hopeful of a better fourth
Cement manufacturer India Cement Wednesday said its net profit for the quarter ended September 30 rose
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