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CRH appoints Chief Executive DesignateCRH announces the appointment of Mr. Myles Lee as Group Chief Executive Designate. Mr. Lee will succeed the current Chief Executive, Mr. Liam O’Mahony, when he retires as previously announced at t...News - 22 May 2008 |
India heads for more consolidationAfter a flurry of mergers and acquisitions – CRH acquiring My Home Industries for $462 million, Lafarge buying L&T Concrete’s RMC business for $349 million and Heidelberg consolidating its busines...News - 20 May 2008 |
CRH share buybackCRH plc announces that on 19thMay 2008 that UBS Limited purchased, on behalf of the company 71,522 Ordinary Shares of EUR0.32 each in CRH plc at prices between EUR24.317and EUR24.60 per Ordinary ...News - 20 May 2008 |
Financials under the spotlightAt the end of March 08, Cemex had a net debt US$18,813m disclosed, and a further undisclosed amount of debt in the form of perpetual notes that were lumped together with minorities. Cemex has not ...International Cement Review Editor's Blog - 24 April 2008 |
CRH moves into IndiaCRH plc announces that it has signed an agreement to acquire a 50% shareholding in My Home Industries Limited (MHIL), a privately-owned cement company with its head office in Hyderabad, India. CRH...News - 20 March 2008 |
CRH splashes out another EUR348m in the USACRH is spending EUR348m (US$540m) on a major expansion of its US architectural products activities in buying the Texas-based Pavestone Group on an EBITDA multiple of 8.3 times, assuming regulatory...News - 14 March 2008 |
Yatai Group Completes integrating cement operationJilin Yatai (Group) Co., Ltd.says on March 7, 2008 that it has injected all the cement holdings from its subsidiaries and it into a new wholly-owned cement investment subsidiary and lifted the lat...News - 10 March 2008 |
CRH’s earnings profile shifts towards EuropeCRH increased turnover by 12.0% last year to EUR20,992m and the EBITDA advanced by 16.5% to EUR2,860m. European turnover rose by 19.9% to EUR10,714m, while in the Americas there was a 4.9% advance...News - 05 March 2008 |
CRH full year 2007 pretax risesCRH PLC posted a higher pretax profit and said the outlook for Europe materials in 2008 is good. The Dublin-based cement and aggregates company said its pretax profit for the year ended Dec 31 ro...News - 04 March 2008 |
Uniland posts sales of EUR648mUniland, in which CRH has a 26.3 per cent stake, saw its earnings before interest and tax soar 28.5 per cent to EUR170.9m as sales rose 13.7 per cent to EUR648.2m. The Catalan firm, which is ...News - 03 March 2008 |