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Amnesty slams CRH for Israeli wall work

Amnesty International, has condemned CRH for its involvement in the construction of a wall cutting off Palestinian land in Israel. CRH owns a 25 per cent stake in the Mashav Group, an Israeli hold...
News - 11 June 2004

Approval for Semapa Secil sale

Portuguese conglomerate Semapa has completed the sale of a 49 percent voting interest in cement company Secil to Irish building materials company CRH Plc (CRH.I) for 333 million euros ($407 millio...
News - 04 June 2004

Green light for CRH cement deal

CRH has received clearance from Brussels for its 372m euro tie up with the Portuguese cement maker Semapa. The deal will see the Irish firm operating three integrated cement units in a joint ventur...
News - 01 June 2004

File closed on bid by CRH

Egypt’s Misr Beni Suef Cement (MBSC) said on Monday its file on a possible takeover by Irish construction company CRH Plc was "completely finished", quashing rumours of a possible takeover. Ta...
News - 25 May 2004

CRH makes ’positive’ start

Building materials group CRH told shareholders yesterday that it had enjoyed a positive start to the year, but made it clear that its European markets were still depressed.  In a statement to the ...
News - 06 May 2004

CRH not to raise Mashav stake

Israeli holding company Clal Industries and Investments Ltd said on Sunday Ireland’s CRH would not buy an additional 25 per cent stake in its subsidiary Mashav after talks ended. CRH already o...
News - 26 April 2004

Semapa To Receive sizeable capital gain

Portuguese cement group Semapa is expected to pocket a capital gain of some Euro 50m from the sale of its 45.126 per cent stake in Portugal’s cement producer Secil, it was reported on March 23, 200...
News - 24 March 2004

Merrill on the CRH-Secil deal

In scale terms, Merrill estimates proportionate consolidation of Secil for a full year in 2005 would add 3.5 per cent to group sales, seven per cent to EBITDA 05E. The additional debt for the stak...
News - 23 March 2004

CRH agrees to buy stake in Secil

CRH plc, the international building materials group, today announced that it has reached agreement to acquire a 49 per cent equity stake in Secil, a major Portuguese manufacturer of cement and rea...
News - 22 March 2004

Votorantim halts talks over Secil stake

Brazilian cement company Votorantim (VCP) has apparently called off talks with Portugal cement company Semapa over buying a 41 per cent stake in Semapa unit Secil, Publico reports. No reason has b...
News - 12 March 2004