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2017: a year of mergers and acquisitions

This week CemNet news takes a look back at the big stories of 2017 in the world of cement, while recalling the big mergers and the growth markets of 2017. The year began with discussions of ...
News - 22 December 2017

Bärtschi retires from CRH board

CRH plc has announced that Ernst Bärtschi has retired from the CRH Board with effect from 20 December 2017. CRH Chairman, Nicky Hartery, said, "On behalf of the Board I would like to thank Ern...
News - 21 December 2017

PPC

It has been an eventful December for PPC so far. It started the month with three potential bidders but looks set to end it with none. The first to walk away was CRH. The Irish building materials g...
Corporate - 18 December 2017

LafargeHolcim withdraws from further talks with PPC

LafargeHolcim has ended talks with South Africa’s PPC about a potential deal, said the Swiss cement producer in a brief statement. The step comes only a day after Canada’s Fairfax Africa Investm...
News - 14 December 2017

CRH exits PPC talks but LafargeHolcim discussions continue

Irish cement producer CRH has decided to pull out of the process to bid for rival PPC, the South African company said on Thursday. Last month, CRH made an undisclosed cash bid for PPC and had been...
News - 07 December 2017

CTP wins Karsdorf SCR technology order

CTP Chemisch Thermische Prozesstechnik GmbH, based in Graz, Austria, has signed a contract with Opterra, a CRH company, for the supply of two new LD-SCR (low-dust, selective-catalytic-reduction) s...
News - 06 December 2017

CRH

In its autumn trading statement, CRH said that its pro-forma turnover in the first nine months improved by two per cent in Europe and also by two per cent in the Americas, while declining by nine ...
Corporate - 04 December 2017

From far-away lands

The United States of America has been the world’s largest cement importer by volume for decades. However, the Great Recession saw imports plummet and while they are currently picking up, progress ...
Articles - 04 December 2017

Cement industry convenes in Rome

On 1-4 October 2017, representatives from 40 nations gathered in Rome for Cemtech’s annual European cement conference and exhibition. Cement producers, equipment suppliers and other industry stake...
Articles - 04 December 2017

UltraTech Cement

UltraTech Cement is one of an estimated 15 companies expressing an interest in purchasing Binani Cement, an Indian cement producer facing bankruptcy. Part of the largest BRAJ Binani Group, Binani ...
Corporate - 27 November 2017