CRH sees 31% hike in group net profit in 2018
CRH reported a six per cent increase in sales revenues to EUR26.79bn in 2018 from EUR25.22bn in 2017. The company’s EBITDA advanced seven per cent to EUR3.365bn in 2018 when com...
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Cevian Capital announces stake in CRH
Europe's largest activist investor, Cevian Capital, has announced that it has built up a stake in CRH to become its second-biggest individual investor. "The group has many stron...
CRH completes third phase of share buyback
CRH has completed the third phase of its share buyback programme . Between 27 November and 21 December 2018, 4.1m ordinary shares were repurchased on the London Stock Exchange, ...
Ecocem announces total CO2 emissions saving
Ireland’s Ecocem, Europe’s largest independent specialist producer of low-carbon cement, has announced that its efforts over 16 years to encourage replacing high-carbon cement w...
Irish Cement fined EUR4000 for dust spill
Irish Cement has been fined EUR4000 for breaching terms of its industrial emissions licence, when thick “glue-like” dust spilled from its Co Limerick plant, resulting in damage ...
Ecocem pretax profit declines 38%
Slag cement producer Ecocem Materials Ltd reported a rise in turnover of 9.4 per cent in 2017 to EUR79.4m (US$90.5m) from EUR72.6m in the previous year. Pretax profit decreased ...
CRH completes Phase 2 of share buy-back
CRH has completed the second phase of its share buy-back programme, returning a further EUR350m of cash to its shareholders. Between 29 August and 18 October, 12.5m ordinary sha...
Chryso acquires Chemtec Admixtures in Ireland
Chryso has announced that it has expanded its admixture business in Ireland with the acquisition of Chemtec Admixtures Ltd, which will provide a unique offering on the growing c...
Quinn Cement launches product range in Ireland
Quinn Cement has launched a new range of bagged cement in Ireland following its success in Britain. The range represents an investment of EUR3m and includes three new cement pro...
Lafarge Cooktown plant celebrates 50 years of production
Lafarge Cement Ireland is celebrating 50 years of clinker and cement manufacturing at its Cookstown Plant. Launched in 1968, the plant is now responsible for producing a substan...