Holcim-Lafarge merger stirs cement market

摘要

While mega-mergers have faded from view in the mining industry, the global cement industry showed in early April that it's still capable of serving up a doozy: a friendly, all-share merger of Switzerland's Holcim and Paris-based Lafarge to create the world's largest-ever cement company. The two rake in a combined US$44 billion in annual revenue from cement, crushed stone, and sand and gravel.