Pit & Quarry, May 2014
Industry snapshot FIRST OF MONTH OPENING APR MAR Cemex CX 1263 1295 CRH Oldcastle CRH 2849 2872 Eagle Materials EXP 8900 8703 Granite Construction GVA 3997 3632 Martin Marietta Materials MLM 12876 12065 Texas Industries TXI 9000 8407 U S Concrete USCR 2326 2794 U S Lime Minerals USLM 5677 5615 Vulcan Materials Co VMC 6687 6754 Source Yahoo Finance P Q AGGREGATES INDUSTRY INDEx JUN 11 JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN 12 FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN 13 FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC JAN 14 May 274 FEB MAR APR MAY Source Pit Quarry 300 250 200 150 The Pit Quarry Aggregates Industry Index has climbed more than 15 percent in the last year Report Lafarge merger may result in sale of assets The merger agreement between Lafarge and Holcim Ltd may result in even more buying and selling Bloomberg reports Thats because the two companies may be forced to dump some of their assets if they want to comply with the governments antitrust regulations here and abroad According to Bloomberg the most likely potential buyers for their aggregates businesses are Vulcan Materials Co Martin Marietta Materials Inc and private equity companies analysts say Italvibras Industrial Electric and Mechanical Vibrators Engineering that delivers innovation with performance and reliability Since 1959 LA R G EST I N V E N T O R Y DI R E CT T O Y O U 3 Y E A R W A R R A N T Y Italvibras USA 1940 Vans Way Princeton IL 61356 phone 815 872 1350 fax 866 337 2693 www italvibrasusa com 8 PIT QUARRY May 2014 www pitandquarry com
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