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CRH earnings up 11%

CRH’s turnover increased by 4.9 per cent in 2014 to EUR18,912m while the EBITDA advanced by 11.3 per cent to EUR1641m. The trading profit before charging EUR49m of impairments rose by 28.8 per ce...
News - 26 February 2015

Lafarge uplifts its dividend proposal

Lafarge's Board of Directors has decided to fix the proposed 2015 ordinary dividend at EUR1.27 per share, the company announced in a statement. This adjustment aims at equalising dividends to be ...
News - 24 February 2015

Holcim sees 3% improvement in like-for-like net sales

Holcim increased net sales by three per cent on a like-for-like basis in 2014. Growth mostly resulted from price improvements in many regions, particularly in North America against a favourable ma...
News - 23 February 2015

CCI clears LH merger on condition

The Competition Commission of India has reportedly given the green light to the Lafarge and Holcim merger on condition it divests divests some of its units, including limestone reserves, to preven...
News - 23 February 2015

LH: potential merger of Indian operations on the cards?

Lafarge and Holcim may bring together their local Indian interests as part of the merger process between the two global cement majors, according to local press. The Economic Times reported yester...
News - 20 February 2015

Cement Association of Canada welcomes BC government action on Carbon Tax

The Cement Association of Canada (CAC) welcomes the British Columbia (BC) government's efforts to improve the province's carbon tax. The BC Carbon Tax is applied only to domestically produced ceme...
News - 19 February 2015

Lafarge's final full year turnover and EBITDA in decline

Lafarge's turnover eased by 1.9 per cent to EUR12,843m in 2014 and the EBITDA came off 2.6 per cent to EUR2721m, having fallen by 9.4 per cent in 2013. Including share of associates, turnover ease...
News - 18 February 2015

Mexico: LH merger green light

Mexico’s Federal Commission for Economic Competition (Cofece) has granted approval for the merger of Lafarge and Holcim (LH). Lafarge is a market player in Mexico through an indirect stake in E...
News - 18 February 2015

CAC applauds Ontario government's leadership on Climate Change

The Cement Association of Canada (CAC) commends the Wynne Government for its 'comprehensive and thoughtful' discussion paper on climate change, Ontario's Climate Change 2015, released yesterday by...
News - 13 February 2015

Lafarge opens new building materials distribution centre, Algeria

Lafarge opened a new building materials distribution centre at M’Sila on 3 February 2015. "This new distribution centre is part of Lafarge Algeria’s business strategy to get closer to the end u...
News - 09 February 2015