Ash Grove Cement names new VP and CFO
David Meyer joins Ash Grove Cement Co as vice president and chief financial officer Ash Grove Cement Company announced David G Meyer is joining the company as its vice president...
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Buzzi Unicem sees improvements in the USA and Czech Republic
Buzzi Unicem's turnover eased by 0.1 per cent last year to €2506m, but ignoring the exchange rate effect there would have been a 3.4 per cent improvement. Net debt at the end of...
Australia: Boral swings to profit
Boral Ltd today reported a 23 per cent increase in profit after tax (before significant items) to $112m in the six months to the end of December 2014. After significant items, n...
Vulcan’s EBITDA grows by 28 per cent
Vulcan Materials' turnover increased by 8.1 per cent in 2014 to US$2994.2m and the EBITDA rose by 28.1 per cent to US$99.7m.
PCA: oil prices could lead to strong near-term US economic growth
Low oil prices are beneficial to US economic growth and are expected to add 20 to 30 basis points to real GDP growth rates during 2015-2016, Edward J Sullivan announced during r...
Vicat increases cement shipments by 13.7%
Vicat's turnover improved by six per cent in 2014 to €2423m, which translates into an underlying increase of eight per cent on a like-for-like basis.
Eagle Materials net profit rises by 37.8%
Including its share of the jointly-owned Texas Lehigh Cement, the turnover of Eagle Materials for the first nine months to 31 December, rose by 19.1 per cent to US$941.2m.
PCA applauds Obama for included infrastructure spend in proposed budget
The Portland Cement Association (PCA) applauds President Barack Obama for including substantial funding for the nation's 'crumbling' infrastructure in his 2016 proposed budget p...
US Jan-Nov shipments
Portland and blended cement shipments in the US and Puerto Rico in November were 6.5Mt, essentially unchanged from the level in November 2013, USGS data shows. The leading consu...
Votorantim
In the US, Brazil-based Votorantim is considering investing some US$130m in its Charlevoix, Michigan, cement works to raise its capacity from 1.3Mta to 2Mta. Alternatively, it m...