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CRH rules out supply to Trump’s planned Mexican wall

CRH CEO, Albert Manifold, has insisted that its US businesses will not supply materials for the construction of Donald Trump's planned wall between the USA and Mexico. He said that CRH's geograp...
News - 02 March 2017

CRH 2016 gross profits up 69%

CRH released its 2016 results with its gross profits at EUR1741m up by 69 per cent on its EUR1033m in 2015. Operating profits were also up EUR2027m, as against EUR1277 a year earlier. CRH announ...
News - 01 March 2017

The world in 2016 and outlook for 2017

This year will be a challenging year for the multinational cement companies, which are now faced by uneven economic performance in the emerging markets, combined with a new era of global politica...
International Cement Review Editor's Blog - 10 February 2017

Emerging markets to remain unpredictable in 2017

The year 2017 is expected to be a difficult one to negotiate for large cement corporations that have high exposure to emerging markets as major price and volume issues are now surfacing.   In rec...
News - 03 February 2017

Gebr Pfeiffer awarded Cemminerals grinding contract

Grinding specialist Gebr Pfeiffer was awarded the order for a grinding plant for slag and cement by Cemminerals NV. The Belgian cement producer is in the process of establishing a new grinding uni...
News - 26 January 2017

A burning success

A new multi-fuel burner has enabled CRH’s Rohoznik plant in Slovakia to further increase its alternative fuel substitution rate. The cement works raised its solid recovered fuel (SRF) use to 80 pe...
Articles - 30 November 2016

CRH revenues rise to US$22bn on stronger US construction activity

In a trading update covering the first nine months of 2016, CRH announced that its sales revenues had reached EUR20.4bn (US$21.9bn) with improved performances in its European, Asian and American o...
News - 17 November 2016

Cement producers won't ignore climate change

In a week when Donald Trump, a staunch sceptic of climate change, has become the US President-elect, there was better news for environmentalists – not only because the Paris Agreement came into ...
News - 11 November 2016

USA: CRH share price rises on Trump's election

CRH's shares shot up by eight per cent on the Irish Stock Exchange (Iseq) yesterday on the back of Donald Trump's US Presidential win adding EUR2bn to the company's market capitalisation, valuing ...
News - 10 November 2016

9M16 results see upturn in the US and Egypt

Several cement companies released their 9M16 results this week. While the US and Egypt provided a healthy boost to business results for companies such as Titan Cement Group, in Asia and the Middl...
News - 04 November 2016