Vulcan Materials Florida asset sale complete
Vulcan Materials Co has concluded the sale of its cement and concrete businesses in the Florida area to Cementos Argos SA for US$720m in cash. Under a separate supply agreement...
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Titan: profits decline, other than in the USA
Titan reported a four per cent improvement in turnover for last year to EUR1175.9m, having risen by 3.6 per cent in 2012. The US proved to be a particularly bright spot in 2013...
Mixed full-year performance for Holcim
Holcim reported a mixed performance in 2013 as attributable profit doubled while turnover declined. Overall volumes were down due to weaknesses in key emerging markets, but Eur...
Cemex confident on medium-term goals
Cemex remains confident that it is on track to meet its medium-term EBITDA goal as it continues to capture the full potential from its existing portfolio to improve profitabili...
PCA names Anderson VP of public affairs, USA
The PCA has named Mark J Anderson group vice president of public affairs, effective 17 February 2014. He will be the key PCA government affairs representative, responsible for ...
Buzzi sees advances in Russia and US
Italian cement major Buzzi Unicem saw turnover decline by 2.1 per cent last year to EUR2754m as the company saw another fall in its domestic market of Italy, but Russia and the...
Italcementi: only Asia shows sales growth in 2013
Italcementi's turnover declined by 5.4 per cent in 2013 to EUR4235.4m, or by 2.2 per cent on a comparable basis. Group cement shipments declined by a further six per cent to 43...
Cemex falls back in Mexico but advances in the USA
Cemex' turnover improved by 1.6 per cent in 2013 to US$15,226.5m and EBITDA emerged 0.7 per cent ahead at US$2643m, while the trading profit advanced by 17.4 per cent to US$151...
US Jan-November cement shipments up 4% YoY
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico in November 2013 were 6.56Mt, down slightly from the same month of the year before. The late...
Martin Marietta to take over Texas Industries
Martin Marietta Materials, currently the fourth-largest US aggregates producer, is making an agreed, all-share offer for Texas Industries. If concluded, it will leave existing ...