Holcim (Switzerland) to extend Gabenchopf quarry
Holcim plans to expand the Gabenchopf quarry in Villigen, Switzerland, to the west to yield around 12Mt of rock. The step is designed to maintain operations for the next 10 year...
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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 i...
Cemex
Cemex completed the purchase Holcim’s activities in the Czech Republic and two of Holcim’s Spanish cement works and its sale of its cement, concrete and aggregates assets in wes...
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 significant...
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 th...
CCI decision on Lafarge and Holcim merger due ‘within a month’
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) will soon decide on the proposed merger between Lafarge and Holcim, the Economic Times (India) cited CCI chairman, Ashok Chawla, as say...
Holcim remains committed to Lafarge merger despite SNB move
Holcim said it remained committed to a planned merger with Lafarge despite a move by the Swiss National Bank (SNB) that knocked almost CHF3bn (US$3.45bn) off the Swiss company's...
Blackstone, CVC reportedly among bidders for Lafarge and Holcim assets
Groups led by Blackstone Group LP and CVC Capital Partners Ltd have submitted bids for assets put up for sale by Lafarge and Holcim, according to reports by Bloomberg citing peo...
UltraTech to not bid for Lafarge/Holcim assets
UltraTech has pulled out of the race to buy cement assets up for sale as Lafarge and Holcim’s proposed merger, the Indian cement major confirmed to local press. An UltraTech spo...
Stronger markets in 2015?
What does 2015 have in store for the cement sector? After three relatively poor years in terms of global construction expansion, Morgan Stanley (UK) predicts a tentative recover...