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CRH to Buy Texas Cement, Concrete Portfolio for $2.1 Bln

21Nov

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CRH to Buy Texas Cement, Concrete Portfolio for $2.1 Bln

CRH said it will purchase a portfolio of cement and ready-mixed concrete assets in Texas from Martin Marietta Materials for $2.1 billion.The Irish building-materials supplier said the assets comprise a cement plant, a network of terminals located on the Gulf of Mexico, as well as a portfolio of 20 ready-mixed concrete plants.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

Profit up 62% to Rs 178 cr, revenue rises 23%

4Nov

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Profit up 62% to Rs 178 cr, revenue rises 23%

JK Cement Ltd (JKCL) on Saturday reported 62.18 per cent rise in consolidated profit to Rs 178.47 crore for the second quarter ended September 2023. It logged a net profit of Rs 110.04 crore in the July-September period a year ago, according to a regulatory filing by JKCL. Revenue from operation was up 23.23 per cent to Rs 2,752.77 crore during the quarter as against Rs 2,233.84 crore a year ago. Total expense in the September quarter was up 21.08 per cent at Rs 2,537.89 crore. Total income was Rs 2,782.10 crore, up 23.66 per cent year-on-year.(Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)First Published: Nov 4 2023 | 5:40 PM IST

Concrete Has a Big Carbon Footprint. Can Green Tech Fix It?

2Nov

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Concrete Has a Big Carbon Footprint. Can Green Tech Fix It?

A facility outside Washington, D.C., is adding a new ingredient to clean up the polluting process of making concrete: carbon dioxide, reducing the carbon footprint of one of the world’s dirtiest industrial sectors.

. . . And Union 'Card Check' by the Back Door

2Sep

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. . . And Union 'Card Check' by the Back Door

The NLRB rewrites labor law to deny secret-ballot elections.

New Technologies to Create Less Polluting Cement

24Aug

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New Technologies to Create Less Polluting Cement

Rising demand for housing in most major cities around the world is increasingly at odds with efforts to reduce greenhouse emissions, as the literal building blocks—concrete and cement—of the construction projects are extremely polluting. Roughly 7% of all carbon emissions today come from cement production, making it one of the highest-emitting industrial sectors, according to the consulting firm McKinsey. Newsletter Sign-up WSJ Pro Sustainable Business A weekly look at environmental, social and governance issues and strategies for corpora...