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CRH's first-half driven by the Americas

CRH's first half turnover advanced by 12.6 per cent to €9,370m and the EBITDA improved by 9.9 per cent to €555m. The trading profit increased by 11.2 per cent to €189m and after a net interest cha...
News - 27 August 2015

Aboitiz secures loan to part-fund cement venture

Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc. (AEV) has signed an agreement for a US$400m (PHP18.7bn) loan that will partly finance its venture into the cement sector in the Philippines. In a disclosure to th...
News - 25 August 2015

The leading cement groups

In response to the emergence of new regional producers and the large Chinese cement groups, other major players in the cement industry are forging new alliances to strengthen their market position...
Articles - 24 August 2015

Moody's raises LafargeHolcim outlook to "stable"

Ratings agency Moody's Monday raised the outlook on the long-term and short-term credit ratings of the merged cement group LafargeHolcim to "stable" from previously "negative". The long-term Baa...
News - 12 August 2015

CMA welcomes recent sale of UK plants

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has welcomed the sale of plants by Lafarge Tarmac and Hanson. In the Competition Commission’s (CC) market investigation report published in Januar...
News - 07 August 2015

Entering a world of giants

Construction of the new McInnis Cement plant is now underway on the Gaspe Peninsula at Port-Daniel, Quebec, on the east coast of Canada. After commissioning at the end of 2016, the 2.2Mta plant wi...
Articles - 05 August 2015

CRH completes Lafarge-Holcim transaction

CRH announced that the transaction to acquire certain assets from Lafarge SA and Holcim Ltd for a total enterprise value of EUR6.5bn is now complete, with the exception of the Philippines which is...
News - 03 August 2015

Lafarge EBITDA up EUR52m in 1H15

Lafarge's cement volumes for the second quarter of 2015 were down three per cent due to a fall in export sales as the two per cent volume rise in domestic markets could not entirely offset the dec...
News - 29 July 2015

On the Nordic trail...

The Nordic markets experienced mixed fortunes through 2014 with some having experienced declines in cement demand, while others saw recovery and growth. On the production front, important strides ...
Articles - 27 July 2015

AI takes ownership of Lafarge Cement assets

Aggregate Industries, part of the LafargeHolcim group, is the newest entrant to the cement production market in the UK, having taken ownership of the Cauldon and Cookstown cement plants in the UK....
News - 22 July 2015