PARIS/ZURICH (Reuters) - Holcim of Switzerland unveiled a deal to buy France's Lafarge on Monday to create the world's biggest cement maker, with $44 billion of annual sales, and launch asset sales ...

Holcim Ltd. and Lafarge SA brought their planned merger back from the brink of collapse, agreeing on new terms and management changes to pave the way for the creation of the world’s biggest cement ...

Sale of certain assets was prerequisite for merger of Lafarge and Holcim. Deal would have created world's largest cement maker. He's pushing for better terms just weeks before a shareholder vote to ...

The merger between Lafarge and Holcim in 2015 created the largest producer of building materials. Since then, the group has diversified its exposure to heavy building materials by establishing a $4 ...

After the $44 billion merger of the French and Swiss cement-supplying giants Lafarge and Holcim, Eric Olsen (Fin) was named CEO. Eric had been with Lafarge since 1999, holding several positions in the ...

Holcim has the third-largest cement capacity globally, and number one outside of China, even after accounting for the spinoff of its North America business listed as Amrize. The merger between Lafarge ...