Texas Industries returns to full-year profit
Texas Industries' turnover increased by 4.1% to US$647m in the financial year to the end of May, and the EBITDA jumped from US$13.2m to US$33.6m. After an interest charge 26.8%...
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TXI appoints three additional directors
Texas Industries, Inc announced the addition of Sean Foley, Bernard Lanigan and Tom Ryan to its Board of Directors. "We are delighted to have found directors of the quality an...
CRH first-half development spend EUR0.25bn
CRH plc has completed 18 acquisition and investment initiatives undertaken during the first-half of 2012. The 18 transactions, comprising five in Europe and 13 in the Americas,...
CalPortland Rilitto plant earns EPA's Energy Star®, USA
CalPortland's Rillito cement plant, located in Arizona, has earned the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) ENERGY STAR® certification. "CalPortland is pleased to acce...
PCA Chair stresses the need for resilience at Rio+20
PCA Chairman of the Board Aris Papadopoulos called on the business leaders of the world to include resilient construction into public policy at the Rio+20 Corporate Sustainabil...
Milder weather boosts US February shipments
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico for February 2012 were 4.7Mt, data from the US Geological Survey shows. This was almost 29% ...
Ash Grove approves US$125m investment, USA
Ash Grove Cement Company’s Board of Directors approved a US$125m-plus investment in the company’s Midlothian, Texas, plant at its May meeting. A new preheater, precalciner prod...
Commissioners consider Lehigh quarry plans, USA
Plans to reclaim areas of the Lehigh Southwest Cement Permanente Quarry over the next 20 years are now being considered by seven Santa Clara County Planning Commissioners, who ...
Lafarge appoints new US CEO
Lafarge has appointed John Stull as president and CEO, United States, putting him in charge of all aggregate, cement and concrete operations in the United States. The appoin...
JP Morgan ups Holcim price target on US outlook, risks remain
JPMorgan raises Holcim's price target to CHF56.50 from CHF55.20 due to optimism on the outlook for the private building sector in the US. "Much better volumes in cement and gr...