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Wienerberger spends EUR151m on British manufacturing base

Wienerberger is moving into manufacturing in Great Britain through the acquisition of ten facing brick works from venture capitalists Cinven and Royal Bank of Scotland for €145m and is investing a...
News - 30 September 2004

Merril Lynch on Cemex bid

Merrill Lynch on Cemex bid Cemex has launched a bid at GBP8.50, a 39 per cent premium to previous 30 days, with agreement from RMC management. Before any synergies, this would represent a 13.5x ...
News - 28 September 2004

RMC: takeover bid from CRH?

Shares in RMC Group PLC gained in early trade as dealers mulled UK news reports that the cement group could soon be on the receiving end of a UK£2.1bn  cash bid, worth 800 pence per share.  Trader...
News - 08 September 2004

CRH improves first half margins

First half turnover rose by 21.6% to EUR5,670.4m and the operating profit at the EBITDA level advanced by 35.3% to EUR624.4m, with the trading profit jumping by 57.2% to EUR384.6m.  Excluding acqu...
News - 02 September 2004

CRH may invest in China

CRH is weighing up the possibility of investing in two of the world’s largest but also most underdeveloped economies, China and Russia. The building materials giant’s acquisition pipeline rema...
News - 01 September 2004

Belarus to sell stake?

Belarus’ government plans to sell its 20-23% stake in one of the country’s three large cement plants, Belarus’ Architecture and Construction Minister Gennady Kurochkin told a press conference Thur...
News - 06 August 2004

Semapa, CRH’s Secil faces EUR900,000 cost from Outao fire

Semapa, the Portuguese cement maker jointly owned by Semapa SGPS and CRH PLC, said it faces a cost of 900,000 eur from a fire at its factory at Outao in Serra da Arrabaida last wee, Lusa newsagenc...
News - 05 August 2004

CRH criticised over Israeli barrier

The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign has reiterated its call for a boycott of Cement Roadstone Holdings over its alleged involvement in Israel’s “security barrier”.  Amnesty International has ...
News - 21 July 2004

Nordic Capital linked to Aalborg

Nordic Capital, the Swedish private equity firm, is in talks to take over Aalborg Portland, from FLS Industries, according to Scandinavian news sources. FLS has been preparing to sell Aalborg Port...
News - 30 June 2004

Amnesty wants Israeli wall inquiry

Amnesty International has called on the Government to investigate links between Cement Roadstone Holdings (CRH) and the construction of Israel’s controversial security fence in the West Bank.  Hum...
News - 17 June 2004