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Turkish exit, Russian entry
02 Apr 2008
Italcementi has agreed to sell its Turkish business unit, the Set Group, to Sibirskiy Cement for € 600 million. The transaction with Russia's no. 2 cement producer will take the form of € 400 million ...more
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Forecasts downgraded
01 Dec 2007
Euroconstruct has cut its forecast for European construction growth over the next two years. However, the infrastructure sector remains buoyant, and central & eastern Europe will continue to boom. CE ...more
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Glass cartel fined € 486,9 million
01 Dec 2007
The european commission has handed out total fines of € 486,9 million to four flat glass manufacturers. AGC Flat Glass Europe – a subsidiary of Japan's Asahi Glass Company, Guardian ...more
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TENs projects oversubscribed
01 Dec 2007
Requests for funding of Trans European Network (TENs) transport projects between 2007 and 2013 came to more than double the budget available from the European Commission. The Commission said it has ...more
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EIB loan for the A-4 PPP
01 Dec 2007
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is to lend about € 90 million for the construction and servicing of the A4 motorway in Thüringen, Germany. The project, TENs network, is the first publ ...more
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Hanson boost
01 Dec 2007
Heidelberg Cement's sales rose +11,8% over the first nine months of the year to € 7,25 billion. Its earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) was up more than +100% to € 2,4 billion. ...more
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Complete closing
01 Dec 2007
NCC has announced plans to close its NCC Komplett (NCC Complete) business. The division was established in 2002 to build apartment blocks using manufacturing processes. However, the company says it ...more
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Profits up for May Gurney
01 Dec 2007
In the six months to end September 2007 May Gurney, the construction services company, has seen pre-tax profit rise to UK£ 8,9 million (€ 12,4 million). This figure is up +24% on the sam ...more
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McAlpine U-turn
01 Dec 2007
After rebuffing two previous offers, Alfred Mcalpine has accepted a UK£ 5,85 (€ 8,41) per share takeover offer from UK rival Carillion, which values the company at UK£ 600 million ( ...more
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Rental row grows
01 Dec 2007
Cerberus Capital Management and United Rentals, the world's largest construction equipment rental company, are suing each other over the break-down of their proposed acquisition deal.Cer ...more
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Winter blues
01 Dec 2007
Sentiment on the European construction industry dropped in November, perhaps due to the onset of winter or perhaps a more widespread fall in confidence. Chris Sleight reports. ...more
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“Question of the month”
01 Dec 2007
In November, CE asked respondents what they thought about the possibility of a harmonised European licensing system for construction equipment operators. The response to the idea was overwhelmingly ...more
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construction europe barometer
01 Dec 2007
Reading the clock The direction or angle of the arrow gives an indication of the point in the cycle the European construction industry is currently at. Given that there was stronger senti ...more
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Sub-prime strikes again
01 Dec 2007
Continuing fallout from the sub-prime crisis in the US drove share prices down as the year drew to a close. Although the banking sector was in the direct line of fire, the entire market suffered and c ...more