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Lafarge hpatagonia fleece pullover patternas agreed terms with Holcim, parent company of Aggregate Industries, over a merger that would create a 26bn turnover firm but is set to see UK assets sold.
The firms said the proposed merger had been approved by their respectpatagonia better sweater 1 4-zip fleece jacket - women'sive boards of directors and was supported by the core shareholders of both companies.
patagonia guide jacket lapel1Both groups hold significant UK interests. Lafarge Tarmac is a 50:50 joint venture between Lafarge and Anglo American. It was established in March 2013 through the merger of Tarmac, owned by Anglo Amercian at the time, and Lafarge s UK interests.
Holcim is one of the world s leading cement producers and is the owner of Aggregate Industries.
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You have to put it in perspective when it comes to the UK, it s a very small part of their business, they said. If they really want to do something worldwide, the UK is a pretty small factor.
But there would be a serious problem in terms of aggregates in the UK there would be a serious disposal issue there.
The firms have confirmed they will sell up to 15 per cent of their joint assets, with around two thirds of the asset sales to come in Europe.
On the impact to the UK market, both sources agreed that the firms UK sale of assets to comply with competition laws was likely to focus on its interests in asphalt, aggregates and concrete, rather than cement.
Both sources said any disposal of assets could be of interest to UK firms Hope Construction Materials and Breedon Aggregates, while Irish firm CRH could also be interested inpatagonia hiking new zealand snapping up assets.
Hope s turnover in 2013 was almost 300m. It launched in January 2013 following the establishment of Lafarge Tarmac after the acquisition of 180 nationwide operational assets including concrete plants, quarries, depots and the UK s biggest cement plant in Hope Valley, Derbyshire.
Breedon Aggregates confirmed last week it had expanded its operations at Clpatagonia rain coat reviewsearwell quarry near Lydney in Gloucestershire with the acquisition from Aggregate Industries of the ready mixed concrete plant on the site.
LafargeHolcim savingsThe fipatagonia outlet store in dillon mtrms said they expected to make annual synergies of:The sector has already come under close scrutiny from the UK Competition Commission in recent years. The commission demanded Lafarge and Tarmac s owner Anglo American sell plants and quarries patagonia guide jacket lapel3ahead of the Lafarge Tarmac merger.
In January, the commission confirmed that Lafarge Tarmac would also have to sell either its Cauldon or Tunstead cement plants plus accompanying ready mix concrete plants if necessary to a new producer.
The CC also ruled it wanted to increase competition in the supply chain for ground granulated blast furnace slag (a partial substitute for and input into cement) by requiring Hanson to sell one of its GGBS production facilities.
The chairman of the new LafargeHolcim board would be Wolfgang Reitzle, patagonia everlong review fashionfuture chairman of Holcim. Bruno Lafont, chairman and chief executive of Lafarge would become chief executive of the new group and a member of the board.
Lafarge and Holcim said they expected to make around 1.5bn of savings through the merger.
The companies said: LafargeHolcim would be in the best position to contribute to addressing the challenges of urbanization: affordable housing, urban sprawl and transport.
The new group would increase its offer to customers through innovation delivered on an expanded scale, best in class R and a cpatagonia guide jacket lapelombined portfolio of solutions and products.
Both companies have pioneered sustainability and climate change mitigation in the industry and are committedpatagonia guide jacket 3t to take it to the next level.
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HolcimHolcim had revenue of more than 13bn in 2013. In 2012, Lafarge recorded revenue of around 13bn.
In the 2013 financial year, Holcim had group cement sales of 138.9 million tonnes,compared to 142.3 tonnes in the previous year.
