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Leamington Cement plant makes savings with new finish mill

Ash Grove Cement’s ( CRH group ) Leamington plant in Utah, USA, recently completed a project to upgrade the internals of the finish mill. The project increased grinding efficiency and power s...
News - 22 December 2022

CRH announces new venture capital unit

CRH plc has launched CRH Ventures, its venture capital unit, which will support the development of new technologies and innovative solutions to meet the increasingly complex needs of customers a...
News - 16 December 2022

WBA claims few science-based biodiversity assessments are carried out

The World Benchmarking Alliance’s (WBA) new Nature Benchmark has analysed around 400 companies on their operations impact on nature and biodiversity, including many from the construction and minin...
News - 06 December 2022

Quarterly results propped up by steep price increases

The latest quarterly results reveal that cement producers are increasingly turning to price rises to offset the ongoing jump in energy costs, while they struggle to maintain margins. In addition t...
News - 25 November 2022

CRH sees sales advance 13% YoY in 9M22

In the opening nine months of 2022, CRH plc has seen its sales advance by 13 per cent YoY to US$24.4bn. Over the same period, EBITDA has improved by 14 per cent to US$4.2bn, while the EBITDA mar...
News - 22 November 2022

Thomas Gruppe acquires Opterra Zement GmbH and Opterra Beton GmbH

Thomas Gruppe has confirmed the acquisition of Opterra Zement GmbH and Opterra Beton GmbH (east Germany), which have been owned by CRH Plc since 2015 as part of the pre-merger bulk acquisition...
News - 24 October 2022

Germany invests in green cement

The German cement industry’s attention is firmly fixed on energy efficiency, alternative fuels and lower CO 2 emissions. Renewable energy, digitalisation and carbon capture will be the next signi...
Articles - 13 October 2022

Shell and CRH sign decarbonisation agreement

Shell and CRH have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) whereby both businesses will work together to develop and deploy decarbonisation solutions and technologies to accelerate their pro...
News - 07 October 2022

CRH completes latest phase of buyback programme

CRH plc has completed the latest phase of its share buyback programme, returning a further US$0.3bn of cash to shareholders. Between 16 June 2022 and 19 September 2022, 8.2m ordinary shares were...
News - 20 September 2022

Spain's road to net zero

The Spanish cement industry saw domestic demand pick up in 2021 after the COVID-19 pandemic considerably impacted on the sector. However, its safety net of exports continues to face the twin chall...
Articles - 20 September 2022