Holcim and Cemex to swap, combine assets in Europe
Holcim and Cemex have reached an agreement to conduct a series of transactions to exchange and combine assets in parts of Europe with the aim of improving synergies and boosting...
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Buzzi Unicem completes buy-out of Dyckerhoff shares
Buzzi Unicem said on Tuesday that the squeeze-out of all outstanding ordinary and preferred shares in German-based Dyckerhoff AG still held by minority shareholders was recorded...
HeidelbergCement mulls sale of non-core assets
HeidelbergCement is considering the sale of non-core assets, its CEO Bernd Scheifele told local press in a recent interview. Speaking to the Boersen-Zeitung on Tuesday, Mr Schei...
HeidelbergCement increases pre-tax profit by 52.1 per cent
HeidelbergCement's first half turnover was virtually unchanged at €6560.4m (-0.3 per cent), while the EBITDA improved by 5.1 per cent to €953.1m as energy and raw material costs...
Russia and USA prove Dyckerhoff's only first-half bright spot
German cement major and Buzzi Unicem subsidiary Dyckerhoff AG reported a decline in first-half sales volumes across all its market except Russia and the USA. Consolidated sales ...
HeidelbergCement raises 2Q13 operating profit
HeidelbergCement, the world’s third-largest cement producer, reported a second-quarter operating profit as it managed to increase prices in its main markets. A rise in demand in...
Dr. Michael Mutz to head Aumund cement sales division, Germany
Dr Michael Mutz is to take on an overall management role of Aumund Fördertechnik GmbH’s cement sales division, the company has announced in a statement. In April 2012, Dr Mutz t...
Dyckerhoff shareholders approve Buzzi offer
The shareholders' meeting of Dyckerhoff AG gave the go-ahead to the squeeze-out launched by parent company Buzzi Unicem SpA on all outstanding ordinary and preferred Dyckerhoff ...
Phoenix Cement selects VAS IT logistics system, Germany
Phoenix Cement has opted to introduce the VAS IT logistics system by Fritz and Maczoil at its cement plant in Westphalia, Germany. “Until now, we have had to manage the processe...
Cemex achieves record alternative fuels substitution rate in Germany
In April 2013, Cemex's German cement plants attained an alternative fuels substitution rate of 82.6 per cent—the first country within the company’s global operations network to ...