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China’s Jilin Yatai wins approval for stake sale to CRH

Cement firm Jilin Yatai Group Co Ltd said it received approval from the Ministry of Commerce for the sale of a strategic stake to Ireland’s CRH Plc. In December 2007, the company agreed to set u...
News - 11 November 2008

(AEMSC) Minerals Corp forms US ’green’ cement joint venture

Minerals Corporation Ltd has signed a heads of agreement with Oldcastle APG, the North American arm of CRH plc. Oldcastle APG enjoys a market leadership position for paver products in the USA. Th...
News - 30 September 2008

Minerals Corp forms US ’green’ cement joint venture

Minerals Corporation Ltd  has signed a heads of agreement with Oldcastle APG, the North American arm of CRH plc. Oldcastle APG enjoys a market leadership position for paver products in the...
News - 29 September 2008

Irish Cement considers price increases

Irish Cement, a subsidiary of construction materials group CRH, is considering increasing the price of cement by as much as 18 per cent despite a fall-off in cement sales due to the construction s...
News - 22 September 2008

Cement shares in freefall

With financial markets in turmoil and a deteriorating outlook for global construction activity, shares in many of the leading cement companies have tumbled.  Of the majors, Cemex has been the wo...
News - 18 September 2008

CRH 1H revenue EUR9.7bn

CRH Tuesday announced an interim pretax profit of EUR606m for the six months to June 30, compared to EUR670m for the same period last year.   Following 15 years of consecutive growth and a record ...
News - 26 August 2008

CRH appoints finance director designate

CRH plc, the international building materials group, announces the appointment of Mr. Glenn Culpepper as Group finance director designate. Mr Culpepper will succeed Mr. Myles Lee, the current Grou...
News - 15 August 2008

China’s Jilin Yatai wins approval for stake sale to CRH

Cement firm Jilin Yatai (Group) Co Ltd said it has received approval from the National Development and Reform Commission, China’s economic planning agency, for the sale of a strategic stake to Ire...
News - 23 July 2008

CRH spends EUR740m on first half acquisitions

CRH has spent EUR740m in the year to date on acquisitions and is indicating a pre-tax profit for the first six months of around EUR600m, compared with EUR670m last year.  For the full year, CRH is...
News - 02 July 2008

Inquiry into CRH Polish activities

The Polish competition watchdog is believed to be close to completing an investigation into the activities of Irish group CRH and a number of big players in that country’s cement industry. Poland’...
News - 02 June 2008