Blue Circle has made its first major deal since defeating the £3.65bn hostile takeover bid by French predator Lafarge in May. The cement producer has sold its 50% stake in Aalborg Portland to its ...

Cement group Blue Circle is set to be snapped up by French building materials group Lafarge - which tried and failed to take over the UK firm last year, opening up a bitter bidding war.

BLUE Circle, the global cement group, is poised to agree a £3.1bn bid from Lafarge, the vast French building materials group which tried and failed to buy the group in a hostile bid last year.

Still, since Blue Circle shareholders are getting cash, this need not concern them. Lafarge says the acquisition will create the world's largest cement producer, and that the enlarged group will ...

It will also take on about £1.7 billion in Blue Circle debt. "Through this substantial acquisition, we are achieving a historic leadership in cement, the keystone of our leadership in building ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. The Blue Circle Cement works in Weardale, County Durham, is to close with the loss of 147 jobs. Bosses said the Weardale Works at Eastgate ...

15 years after the closure of the Blue Circle Cement plant in Weardale, County Durham, with the loss of 150 jobs, people living close say the impact is still being felt. Scores of families had to ...

London / Paris - French building materials group Lafarge said on Monday it had agreed to buy the 77.4% it did not already own of British rival Blue Circle Industries Plc for E3.8bn, heralding the ...