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...Lafarge, Heidelberg, Cemex and Anglo American account for more than 90 per cent of the cement market, 75 per cent of aggregates sales and 70 per cent of ready-mixed concrete production in the UK....
...Like his main competitors such as Switzerland’s Holcim, Germany’s Heidelberg Cement and Mexico’s Cemex, he is relying on small homebuilders in emerging markets to help pull his group – the world’s largest...
...Cemex had a $12bn bid for Australia’s Rinker rebuffed this week....
...shares closed 1.6 per cent higher at £14.23 on rumours a private equity house, possibly Starwood Capital, is plotting a £17-a-share bid Building materials group Hanson rose 2 per cent to 741½p on talk Cemex...
...RMC fell to Cemex, the Mexican cement giant, and Aggregate Industries succumbed to the Alpine charms of Holcim....
...Hopes of further bids and mergers following the £2.3bn offer for RMC from Mexico's Cemex helped lift the mid-cap FTSE 250 on Monday....
...Hanson, the building materials group, rose 3 per cent to 410½p as investors recycled cash from the takeover of RMC by Cemex of Mexico....
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