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TXI sells package products operations to CRH arm, USA

Texas Industries, Inc announced the sale of its Texas based packaged products operations to Charlotte, NC-based Bonsal American, a unit of Oldcastle, Inc. The transaction included five producti...
News - 18 April 2012

Irish Cement strike action continues, Ireland

Workers at the Irish Cement production plants in Limerick and Platin are continuing strike action over a dispute surrounding the company’s failure to honour a Labour recommendation relating to the...
News - 12 April 2012

CRH

CRH's annual report shows cement sales of 15.3Mt for last year, made by subsidiaries and associates in Europe and Asia. This amount includes CRH's share of Secil in Portugal, which an arbitration ...
Corporate - 05 April 2012

Jilin Yatai joint venture investment, China

Jilin Yatai (Group) Co and its partner will together inject CNY285m (US$45m) into their Changchun, Jilin Province-based joint venture to support the joint venture development. China Business Wi...
News - 26 March 2012

Nordic stability lies ahead

The Nordic cement markets comprising Sweden, Norway, Finland, Demark, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have many modern cement plants operating kilns with some of the highest alternative fuel substit...
Articles - 24 March 2012

China: ready for a new era?

The 13th China International Cement Industry Exhibition and Cement Conference 2012, which takes place between 28-30 March, is an opportunity for a full gathering of Chinese government officials an...
Articles - 23 March 2012

Strength through adjustment

INTERNATIONAL REPORT IStrength through adjustment As Beijing gets set to host the 2008 Olympic Games, ICR takes a timely look at the country?s efforts to restructure, modernise and consolidate its...
Articles PDF - 02 March 2012

Strategy and stimulus

INTERNATIONAL REPORT IStrategy and stimulus In recent years the cement markets of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden have attracted the intense interest of international groups such as Cemex, H...
Articles PDF - 02 March 2012

Spanish construction highs

INTERNATIONAL REPORT ISpanish construction highs Spanish cement consumption hit an all time high in 2006 due to strong activity in the construction sector both in terms of civil works and a boom...
Articles PDF - 02 March 2012

Spain: the morning after

INTERNATIONAL REPORT ISpain: the morning after Spain and "building boom" are no longer synonymous. The Spanish construction fiesta has ended and the morning after is proving far less vibrant. It...
Articles PDF - 02 March 2012