Cement News tagged under: divestment
Addoha reportedly to sell 30% African stake to HeidelbergCement26 January 2016, Published under Cement NewsIt has been reported that the Moroccan Addoha Group will sell 30 per cent of its African assets to HeidelbergCement, according to local news sources. The value of the transaction is estimated at around MAD2bn (US$202m). When contacted, HeidelbergCement declined to comment. Following the construction of two cement plants in its home market of Morocco (Ben Ahmed and Beni Mellal), the Addoha Group has rapidly expanded its activities in Africa, launching subsidiary Ciments de L'Afrique (CIMAF... |
Italcementi05 January 2016, Published under Cement NewsThe board of Italcementi has decided to sell around EUR241m worth of assets to Italmobiliare, with completion expected some time after the takeover of Italcementi by HeidelbergCement has been approved by the authorities. The assets concerned include renewable energy (Italgen), e-procurement (BravoSolution) and some property assets in central Rome. |
Cimpor05 January 2016, Published under Cement NewsCimpor recently made disposals to strengthen its capital base. It has raised EUR32m from the sale of 16 per cent of the equity in Yguazu Cementos in Paraguay, reducing its interest to 51 per cent. In addition, it has raised US$25.35m through selling the Guarulhos and Barueri quarries in the Brazilian state of São Paulo to Polimix Concreto Ltda. |
Heidelberg's European bet22 October 2015, Published under Cement NewsFollowing the completion of the LafargeHolcim merger in mid-July, less than a fortnight later, HeidelbergCement announced its intention to buy Italcementi. The acquisition would consolidate HeidelbergCement’s no 2 position in the cement industry and regain its market leadership in the aggregates sector. ICR examines the drivers behind this latest M&A activity in the cement industry. With the Italcementi acquisition, HeidelbergCement takes a punt at the forecast Mediterranean recovery ... |
Italcementi01 October 2015, Published under Cement NewsItalcementi has sold its 5.24 per cent stake in West China Cement for HKD341m (EUR38.5m). The stake had been held through CimFra (Chine) Ltd. |
Cemex02 September 2015, Published under Cement NewsCemex has agreed two separate disposals of operations in Austria and Hungary to the Rohrdorfer Group. It is anticipated that these deals will be concluded during 4Q15. Firstly, it will receive EUR160.1m from subsidiaries of Südbayerisches Portland-Zementwerk Gebr Wiesböck & Co GmbH, Rohrdorf, for 24 sand and gravel plants and 34 ready-mixed concrete batching plants in Austria as well as five sand and gravel plants, 34 ready-mixed concrete batching plants and four road stone plants in Hung... |
Anhui Conch Cement Co18 August 2015, Published under Cement NewsAnhui Conch has reportedly sold its shares in two Chinese cement producers – Xinjiang Qingsong Building Materials and Chemicals Group and Tangshen Jidong Cement Co. The disposals, believed to have taken place during April-June this year, realised a net profit of US$217m. The news comes as Xinjiang Qingsong predicted a 55 per cent YoY fall in its net profit to shareholders. Based in Aksu, the company sells cement, cement products, chemical products and building materials primarily in the X... |
Buzzi Unicem03 August 2015, Published under Cement NewsBuzzi Unicem is selling the remaining 50 per cent of cement additives group Addiment Italia to its joint venture partner Sika AG, which had been its partner since 2003. |
Holcim02 April 2015, Published under Cement NewsHolcim has sold its remaining 27.5 per cent stake in Siam City Cement for CHF655m (EUR624m) in a share placement that will yield a CHF465m (EUR348m) profit. A 24.9 per cent stake went to a member of the Hong Kong-based Jardine Matheson group and the remaining shares were places with institutional investors. Siam City Cement has a cement capacity of 14.5Mta at its Saraburi works, which employs in excess of 4000 people. Following opposition from the shareholders of the more profitable Holci... |
CRH02 February 2015, Published under Cement NewsCRH 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 interest in Denizili Çimentok to Oyak, which raised EUR170m. A number of ready-mixed concrete and concrete products plants were sold as were some property assets in six disposals. The total raised was some EUR240m. In North America, EUR110m was raised from the sale of nine investments and an asset ex... |