Vulcan looks for further improvements in 2013
Vulcan Materials' turnover edged up by 0.1 per cent last year to US$2567.3m, marking the second consecutive year of virtually static sales.
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Holcim (US) receives HandsOn South Alabama's Corporate Citizenship Award
Holcim (US) announced today that its Theodore plant located in Theodore, AL, received the Corporate Citizenship Award from HandsOn South Alabama (HOSA) at the organisation’s 31s...
November 2012 sees eight per cent rise in US cement shipments
Total shipments for Portland and blended cement in the US and Puerto Rico reached 6.6Mt in November 2012, representing an increase of nearly eight per cent, according to the lat...
Eagle Materials trading profit almost trebles, USA
Eagle Materials' turnover, including its share of the Texan cement joint venture with HeidelbergCement, rose by 22.7 per cent to US$366.32m for the six months to the end of Sept...
Cemex expected to narrow fourth-quarter loss
Cemex is expected to narrow its net loss in the fourth-quarter of 2012 from a year earlier, helped by improved performance in its main US market and cost reduction. A Reuters po...
PCA revises 2013 consumption outlook upwards
According to the latest forecast from the Portland Cement Association (PCA), there will be an 8.1 per cent growth in cement consumption in 2013, significantly higher than the te...
Lafarge sells aggregate quarries in Georgia
Lafarge announces it has signed binding agreements for the sale of six aggregates quarries in Georgia (USA) for a total enterprise value of US$160m. These assets represent less ...
Texas Industries increases volumes, USA
During the first half of its financial year (to the end of November), Texas Industries increased volumes and reduced losses and is on schedule to complete commissioning of its n...
Gregory M Scott to head Portland Cement Association, USA
Gregory M Scott is to lead the Portland Cement Association as president and chief executive officer. He will head the US cement industry body from its Washington, DC, office and...
Cemex leads the charge on US pricing
Cemex is planning two incremental cement price increases in January and April 2013 in a bid to reverse the "chronic under-pricing of cement in the US", says Karl Watson, preside...