Ireland: cement firms make windfall profits from ETS permits
CRH, Lagan Cement and Quinn Cement have together made EUR128m (US$145m) through the sale of permits under the EU emissions trading scheme (ETS). On Sunday, the Irish Independent...
Ireland
238 posts · Page 18 of 24
CRH boss Ireland’s best-paid CEO
Albert Manifold, chief executive of CRH, is Ireland's best-paid CEO, earning EUR5.53m a year (US$6.25m) according to a survey by the Sunday Independent. Mr Manifold earns over E...
Ecocem to invest EUR5m in two UK terminals
Ireland-based Ecocem will open a new terminal at Runcorn, on the Manchester Ship Canal, to help the company import into the UK, and plans a second terminal later this year in th...
Irish Cement's AF plans opposed by local Green Party
Irish Cement’s plans to convert its Limerick plant to burn alternative fuels have run into opposition from the local Green Party. Earlier in March, the CRH group company said it...
Irish Cement applies for AF burning planning permission
Irish Cement has formally applied for planning permission to burn alternative fuels at its plant in Limerick, according to local press reports. The CRH group company is seeking ...
CRH full-year sales 25% ahead
CRH's turnover rose by 25 per cent in 2015 to EUR23,635m while the EBITDA advanced by 35.2 per cent to EUR22198m. The trading profit increased by 39.3 per cent to EUR1277m. The ...
Quinn Cement signs agreement for new cement silos
Quinn Cement (NI) Ltd and Warrenpoint Harbour Authority (WHA) have signed contracts, which will see the construction five new cement silos at Warrenpoint Harbour, with a total s...
Irish Cement to burn used tyres at Limerick works
Irish Cement will burn used tyres at its cement plant in Limerick plant. The Irish Examiner reported that the company plans to switch to dry waste material such as rubber from u...
CRH reiterates 2015 guidance
CRH reported that its third-quarter trading environment benefitted from continued positive momentum in the Americas where overall economic recovery is driving construction deman...
CRH sues for return of files seized in competition inquiry
Irish building materials major CRH has gone to the High Court to seek the return of documents seized by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) in a "dawn raid...