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, ...
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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 accept...
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 Sustainabili...
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% h...
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 produ...
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 w...
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 appointmen...
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.
US cement: on the recovery path
This week saw US building materials producer Eagle Materials report a return to profitability in its fiscal fourth quarter with the company noting an improvement in construction...
FLSmidth receives contract for large cement project, USA
FLSmidth has been awarded a contract worth approximately US$136m by a customer in the United States for modernisation of their production facility. The purpose of the EPC (Engin...