CRH agrees US$3.5bn acquisition of Ash Grove Cement
CRH plc has reached an agreement to buy US-based Ash Grove Cement Co for US$3.5bn. The proposed transaction is subject to Ash Grove shareholder and regulatory approvals and will...
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Financier acquires 11% stake in Ecocem
Financier Dermot Desmond is reported to have acquired a stake in Ecocem Materials, the low-carbon cement producer founded by Irishman Donal O’Riain and backed by Saint-Gobain. E...
CRH sees 4% advance in 1Q sales
CRH reported a ‘satisfactory’ start to 2017 with first quarter sales up four per cent compared with a strong first quarter of 2016 which benefitted from very mild weather condit...
Irish Cement defends waste fuel plan
Irish Cement has defended its plans to burn up to 90,000tpa of waste materials following concerns by local residents over the health and safety impact of the development. Brian ...
Irish Cement to receive fossil fuel replacement go-ahead
Limerick City and County Council have informed Irish Cement of their intention to grant the cement producer planning permission for its fossil fuel replacement project at its Mu...
Irish Cement granted permission for Limerick plans
Limerick City and County Council has granted Irish Cement planning permission for an extension to its facility in Mungret. A spokesperson for the local authority stated permissi...
CRH 2016 gross profits up 69%
CRH released its 2016 results with its gross profits at EUR1741m up by 69 per cent on its EUR1033m in 2015. Operating profits were also up EUR2027m, as against EUR1277 a year ea...
Irish Cement to reduce fossil fuel use, plans WHR project
Irish Cement is currently preparing to replace fossil fuels at its Platin works in Co Meath, Ireland. In addition, the cement plant also plans to make use of excess heat from th...
Ireland: council to monitor Irish Cement Mungret emissions
Limerick City and County Council is to set up a station to monitor the air quality near the Irish Cement plant in Mungret. The move comes ahead of a planned demonstration in opp...
Ireland: Quinn Cement open Warrenpoint export hub
Quinn Cement has establised a new cement export hub in Warrenpoint Harbour in Co Down, Ireland, in a GBP2.5m (EUR2.9m) investment. With a capacity to move 7500t, the export faci...