Vicat advances in all group markets except France and Italy
Vicat's turnover for the first nine months of the year improved by 6.1 per cent to EUR1847m, which represents an underlying advance of 9.7 per cent. The gearing level was little...
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Portugal Semapa profit up 15%
Portugal's conglomerate Semapa, owner of cement maker Secil, posted on Friday a 15 per cent rise in nine-month net profit, helped by lower taxes on some of its overseas operatio...
MPA: sales volumes indicate further growth
An acceleration in third-quarter sales compared to the previous quarter indicated continuing growth in construction activity, according to latest figures from the Mineral Produc...
Taiwan Cement Corp subsidiary in Chinese acquisition
Taiwan Cement Corp announce that it plans to spend CNY676m (US$1117m) to acquire Sichuan Railway Group Cement via a subsidiary as part of its plans to increase its presence in C...
Semen Indonesia 9M14 profit up 4.9%
Semen Indonesia, the country's leading cement producer, recorded a net profit of IDR4.09trn (US$336.3m) in the first nine months of this year, a 4.9 per cent increase from the I...
Holcim and Cemex sign binding agreements on European transactions
Holcim and Cemex have signed binding agreements regarding the series of transactions in Europe originally announced last year. The main scope of the transactions in Germany and ...
SCG chief anticipates 5% rise in 2015 demand
Cement demand in Thailand is expected to increase by at least five per cent next year stimulated by an acceleration of government infrastructure development, according to the ch...
Cementos Argos 3Q14 net profit jumps 69%
Cementos Argos, Colombia’s leading cement producer, posted a 69 per cent jump in net earnings for the first nine months of the year to COP217.5bn (US$111m), boosted by higher US...
Martin Marietta boosted by TXI acquisition
Martin Marietta Materials, with a three-month contribution from Texas Industries (TX)I, increased turnover by 30.5 per cent to US$2101.6m in the first nine months of the calenda...
Holcim and Lafarge formally notify EC
Lafarge and Holcim have formally notified the European Commission (EC) of their proposed merger to obtain regulatory approval and have made slight changes to the list of assets ...