National Cement Co elects James E Rotch chairman of the Board, USA
The Board of Directors of National Cement Company, Inc, a subsidiary of the Vicat Group, has elected James E Rotch of Birmingham, Ala, as chairman of the Board of National Ceme...
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Fitch Ratings raises GCC outlook
Fitch Ratings has revised its outlook for Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua (GCC) from 'Stable' to 'Positive.' The upward revision reflects Fitch's view that GCC's operations could g...
Vulcan sells cement assets to Cementos Argos
Vulcan Materials has agreed the sale of all of its cement activities, as well as certain downstream assets, to Cementos Argos for US$720m in cash. The deal, which is still subj...
US shipments see annual gains
Total shipments of blended cement in the US and Puerto Rico in October 2013 were 8.7Mt, up eight per cent from October 2012, latest data from the USGS shows. Shipments for the ...
Lafarge one step closer to completing US refocus
Lafarge announces the sale of five aggregates quarries and related assets in Maryland (USA) to Bluegrass Materials for a total enterprise value of US$320m. With these divestmen...
TXI 2Q sales increase, but net loss widens
Texas Industries, Inc today reported a wider net loss for the quarter ended 30 November 2013 compared to the same period of last year, as a number of non-recurring and short-te...
US energy efficiency update
US cement industry energy consumption in 2012 decreased by 2.1 per cent against 2011 levels, the recently released annual Labor-Energy Input Survey by the PCA indicates. This e...
New appointments at Buzzi Unicem USA
David Nepereny has been elected as chairman of the board for Buzzi Unicem USA, effective 1 January 2014. Mr Nepereny will continue as president and CEO of the company until...
CRH full-year development spend
CRH announced a total of seven acquisitions and investment initiatives in the second half of 2013, taking full-year development activity to EUR0.69bn. The company invested EUR...
USA: Saint-Gobain sells Its fibre cement business
Saint-Gobain has signed an agreement for the sale of its US-based Fibre Cement business to Plycem USA, a subsidiary of Elementia of Mexico in which Lafarge holds 47 per cent of...