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LafargeHolcim is moving back towards its roots

LafargeHolcim is moving back towards its roots

LafargeHolcim recently acquired Firestone Building Products as the next move in its restructured building materials portfolio. The US$3.4bn purchase is considered an acquisition...

Financial ratio analysis

Financial ratio analysis Premium

Cement producers should use financial ratio analysis to compare their performance with others around the world. However, this must be combined with peer group analysis to accoun...

A new focus for HeidelbergCement

A new focus for HeidelbergCement

HeidelbergCement's 2020 Capital Markets Day – 'Beyond 2020' set out many ambitious forward targets for the global building materials company as it looks to strengthen its core p...

Cementir bets on US for 2018-20 revenue targets

Cementir will seek long-term value creation by doubling earnings per share by 2020 compared to 2017, announced Francesco Caltagirone, chairman and CEO of the Italian cement prod...

Risk management

Risk management Premium

In this month’s Technical Forum, Dr Michael Clark examines how companies approach risk and the various management techniques that can be used to control it. Cement companies mus...

LafargeHolcim targets better growth

LafargeHolcim targets better growth

LafargeHolcim's CEO, Jan Jenisch, announced this week that the company is writing off its US$4.04bn impairment charge in the 4Q17 and is establishing a five-year strategy up to ...

A path towards value creation - part 2

A path towards value creation - part 2 Premium

Following on from the first part of this article (ICR February 2018/ CemNet 28 February 2018 ), McKinsey & Co establishes the four strategic levers for value creation and explai...