CRH chief announces retirement by end-2013, Ireland
CRH plc, the international building materials group, announces that Myles Lee, Group chief executive, has confirmed to the board his intention to retire from CRH at the end of 2...
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CRH and Cementos Portland Valderrivas confirm asset swap agreement
CRH plc and Cementos Portland Valderrivas SA have reached agreement on an asset swap in relation to certain Spanish assets, effective immediately. The deal involves operations i...
Quinn and Lagan call off merger plans
Lagan and Quinn Building Products have abandoned plans for their proposed joint venture. Last December, the two companies announced that they had signed a memorandum of understa...
Lagan Group responds to threat over proposed merger
The Lagan Group has called in the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) to investigate the circumstances surrounding the receipt of a package containing a bullet which was a...
ABB wins energy optimisation contract from CRH
ABB has recently won a contract with CRH Europe Materials to provide process optimisation solutions for 12 of its plants in Europe and the US. CRH is a member of the World Busin...
Call for higher tax on Irish cement sector windfall profits
The Irish cement industry is getting tens of millions of euro annually in windfall profits due to anomalies in the EU Emissions Trading Systems (ETS), according to the chief of ...
CRH 's development spend reaches almost €630m in 2012
In an update on its spending for the second half of the year, CRH said it had agreed 18 acquisition and investment initiatives of €375m. The transactions completed since the end...
Quinn to invest EUR15m in alternative fuels usage
Ireland-based cement producer Quinn Manufacturing has today announced a EUR15m investment to upgrade its Ballyconnell cement plant, which, when completed, will facilitate the us...
Quinn and Lagan Cement propose merger
Ireland-based Quinn Building Products and the Lagan Cement Group have signed a memorandum of understanding that may lead to a merger of the two groups.
Ireland: Judge steps aside over CRH share dealings
A high court judge has stepped aside from a long-running dispute involving cement giant CRH, after a rival firm raised concerns about the judge's ownership of the company's shar...