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CRH: climbing the building materials ladder

News that CRH has beaten off competition to acquire a package of assets from Lafarge and Holcim ahead of their planned merger has been welcomed by the market, but not everyone is convinced by t...
News - 06 February 2015

Meeting market demands

Since its first appearance in the late 1980s, Spain-based Cemengal has transformed its valuable experience gained in the cement industry into innovative grinding solutions. For 2015 the company ha...
Articles - 04 February 2015

Philippine prices set to rise?

Cement prices in the Philippines are set to rise by PHP10/40kg bag shortly, according to separate advisory statements issued by three domestic producers to local distributors. Cemex Corp, Lafarge...
News - 03 February 2015

CRH

CRH spent around EUR190m on 21 acquisitions during 2014 and raised some EUR350m from 16 disposals during the course of 2014. The biggest deal was the divestment in November of the 50 per cent i...
Corporate - 02 February 2015

Lafarge

Lafarge is negotiating with CRH to sell of its assets in Germany and certain assets in the United Kingdom, the Philippines, Brazil and Réunion.
Corporate - 02 February 2015

CRH strikes deal to acquire €6.5bn Holcim and Lafarge assets

CRH has reached a deal to acquire €6.5bn in the assets of Lafarge and Holcim who are restructuring to win regulatory approval for their planned merger. The deal will significantly expand CRH’s glo...
News - 02 February 2015

MP visits Lafarge Tarmac Dolyhir and Gore quarries, UK

Lafarge Tarmac welcomed Roger Williams CBE Member of Parliament for Brecon and Radnorshire, to Dolyhir and Gore Quarries to understand more about the economic and community benefits to his local...
News - 02 February 2015

S&P Puts Holcim (Canada) On WatchDev

Standard & Poor's (S&P) Ratings Services are placing its long-term corporate credit rating on Holcim subsidiary Holcim (Canada) Inc on CreditWatch with developing implications on the parent compan...
News - 26 January 2015

CRH confirms discussions over Lafarge and Holcim assets

CRH has confirmed that it is in discussions with Lafarge and Holcim regarding the potential acquisition of certain assets being disposed of by the two companies in advance of their proposed merger...
News - 23 January 2015

RHI wins order at Lafarge Exshaw works

Austrian refractory materials maker RHI AG has been awarded a supply contract for around EUR10m from Lafarge for its plant in Exshaw, western Canada. Under the contract, RHI will deliver material ...
News - 22 January 2015