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Aggregates in growth mode

The scale and dynamics of the aggregates industry are often poorly understood. Now, thanks to the Global Aggregates Information Network (GAIN™), better macro-data is available, which points to a m...
Articles - 04 June 2019

Ukraine moves to protect local cement industry

This week UkrCemFor 2019 got underway in Kyiv to focus on developments in Ukraine's cement sector. While the domestic industry is well supported by the four multinational producers Eurocement, CRH...
International Cement Review Editor's Blog - 04 June 2019

Ukraine moves to protect local cement industry

This week UkrCemFor 2019 got underway in Kyiv to focus on developments in Ukraine's cement sector. While the domestic industry is well supported by the four multinational producers Eurocement, CRH...
News - 31 May 2019

Republic Cement to co-process Nestlé Philippines' plastic waste

Nestlé Philippines and Republic Cement (CRH-Aboitiz) have entered into an agreement to co-process post-consumer plastic waste in the company’s cement kilns.  "We are happy to partner with Nestlé...
News - 17 May 2019

Like the Big Muddy

The US Central Plains area is a key US cement market with demand following a slow but steady course, much like the Mississippi River that flows through it. However, recent years have seen dramatic...
Articles - 10 May 2019

Romania Competition Council suspects cement collusion

The prices charged by Romania’s three leading cement producers Holcim, CRH and HeidelbergCement have followed a similar pattern and the geographic distribution of the customers around the companie...
News - 09 May 2019

Mykolaivcement’s net profit falls to UAH174m

Ukrainian cement producer Mykolaivcement, indirectly controlled by CRH, has seen its net profit decline by 6.1 per cent to UAH174m (US$6.5m) in 2018, according to Ukrainian News Agency reports. ...
News - 03 May 2019

CRH

CRH's underlying sales in the 1Q19 improved by around four per cent, with European turnover being ahead by 12 per cent and the Americas by four per cent. In The Phillipines volumes and price were ...
Corporate - 02 May 2019

Are lower coal prices what the cement industry needs?

This week ICR takes a look at the downward trend in coal prices and discusses whether cement producers will benefit from the drop in prices or whether the cement sector should be looking more at s...
International Cement Review Editor's Blog - 29 April 2019

CRH continues share buy-back

CRH plans to repurchase EUR350m (US$390.6m) of ordinary shares between 29 April and 16 August 2019, according to a company statement. Under the terms of the buyback, ordinary shares will be repu...
News - 29 April 2019