Vulcan generates strong profit recovery
Vulcan Materials' first-half turnover rose by 6.9 per cent to US$1365.6m and the EBITDA advanced by 27 per cent to US$211.7m. The trading profit jumped from US$36.8m to US$2...
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Zarkalis takes the helm at Titan America, USA
Titan America has announced that Bill Zarkalis will serve as company CEO effective 1 August 2014. Mr Zarkalis joins from parent organisation Titan Cement SA, where he served as...
Titan's Florida business advances strongly
Titan's first-half turnover improved by 3.9 per cent to EUR571.2m while the EBITDA was ahead by just 0.8 per cent to EUR89m. Following a 10.3 per cent reduction in the deprecia...
Martin Marietta's net profit trebles
Martin Marietta Materials, the fourth-largest US aggregates producer, has announced a first-half turnover 161.9 per cent ahead at US$1097.8m and the EBITDA improved by 23.8 per...
Argos sees strong performance in US division
Argos closed the first half of 2014 with an 87 per cent increase in net profit driven by acquisitions and positive market trends, most notably in the US which generated earning...
Eagle advances cement volumes by 4%
In the first quarter of its financial year to 31 of March 2014, Eagle Materials' turnover, including its share of the Texas Lehigh cement joint venture, increased by 17 per cen...
HeidelbergCement considering US cement plants
HeidelbergCement might buy the US and French cement plants that Lafarge and Holcim want to divest in order to receive the regulatory approval for their merger deal, according t...
LH Merger update: plants for sale
Finally, exactly two months after the first official announcement of their 'merger of equals', Lafarge and Holcim clarify which plants are likely to be put up for sale. No su...
Martin Marietta completes TXI acquisition
Martin Marietta Inc said it has completed its acquisition of Texas Industries Inc (TXI). As a result, the common stock of TXI is no longer listed for trading on the New York...
US: PCA maintains favourable outlook despite 1Q weakness
According to the PCA’s ‘2014 State Construction and Cement Forecasts - All States’, first-quarter weakness among some economic indicators appears temporary and the association ...