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RMC, the building materials company, is set to be acquired by Cemex of Mexico for £2.3bn. 28-Sep-2004 RMC is to shed a further 80 jobs in Rugby and South Ferriby in Lincolnshire, as part of the ongoing reorganisation of its building materials business. 06-Sep-2004 RMC Concrete Products has acquired Conway Concrete Products of Newport for £1.5m. 29-Apr-2004 RMC is planning to shed a further 225 of the 8,000 jobs in its UK building materials business. 04-Mar-2004 RMC is to restructure its building materials business with the loss of 520 jobs, which will involve the combination of its Readymix Aggregates and Building Products divisions. 22-Oct-2003 RMC Concrete Products is to close the sales office at its Stanford-le-Hope plant in November, with the transfer of some of the 15 staff to other sites. 01-Sep-2003 Severn Trent has acquired Hales, the landfill company, from RMC for £141m, in order to expand its Biffa waste business. 23-Jun-2003 RMC Group is to sell its concrete product operations in the Netherlands and Belgium, as part of a debt-reduction programme. 13-Jan-2003 RMC Aggregates has acquired FB Gibbons & Sons, the operator of a sand and gravel pit near Peterborough, for undisclosed terms. 06-Nov-2002 RMC is looking to sell its UK waste water business, which includes about 10 landfill sites and has an estimated value of up to £100m. 09-Oct-2002 RMC has acquired the Barbary Plains concrete block plant in Penrith from Hanson Concrete Products. 08-Aug-2002 RMC Concrete Products has acquired Russell Concrete Products in order to gain three additional manufacturing plants in Scotland. 18-Oct-2001 RMC is to close a further 12 ready-mixed concrete plants in Germany, due to slow demand in the local construction market. 06-Sep-2001 RMC is to sell the Ytong aerated concrete products business in Germany to Franz Haniel for £169m. 25-Jul-2001 RMC is to set up a new administration centre for its ready-mixed concrete business in Stockton, with the creation of up to 130 jobs. 16-Jul-2001 RMC is to acquire Alexander Russell, the quarrying and concrete products group, for about £60m. 06-Apr-2001 RMC is considering plans to make a further £300m worth of disposals this year, including some regional concrete operations and a number of subsidiary businesses in Germany. 26-Feb-2001 RMC has sold its RMC Industrial Minerals lime business to Lhoist of Belgium, in order to focus on concrete, cement and aggregates. 20-Dec-2000 RMC is to sell its Great Mills chain of 98 DIY stores to Focus Do It All for £285m, in order to focus on cement, concrete and aggregates. 07-Dec-2000 RMC has announced plans to step up the restructuring programme in its cement and concrete business, which will involve shedding more than 1,000 of its 37,000 employees and selling or closing non-core operations. 08-Nov-2000 RMC is planning to cut hundreds of management jobs and withdraw from unprofitable countries, in order to save £40m a year in its cement and concrete business. 07-Sep-2000 RMC is considering plans to sell its Great Mills chain of 95 DIY stores for up to £300m, as well as its 32% stake in the Huttig building products business for about £20m. 18-Jul-2000 RMC is planning to merge its six UK trading divisions into a single brand, as part of a reorganisation aimed at offering a one-stop shop for concrete supplies. 02-Jun-2000 RMC is to close a cement kiln in Rochester, Kent, with the loss of 120 jobs, in order to import more materials from abroad. 01-Mar-2000 RMC has launched a £896m takeover bid for the Rugby cement group, which will strengthen its position in the UK and Poland and add a presence in Australia. 09-Nov-1999 RMC is acquiring a 50% stake in UK cement importer Seament and two US aggregates businesses for a total £60m. 23-Oct-1999 RMC is spending £63m on a series of acquisitions to expand its concrete and aggregates business in the US, Malaysia and Northern Ireland, as well as two sand and gravel operations in Leicestershire. 17-Aug-1999 RMC is acquiring two US concrete companies - Jobe Concrete Products and Reno Sparks Ready Mix - for a total of £72m. 01-Apr-1999 RMC is in discussions to acquire the remaining 75% stake in Alexander Russell, the building materials group. 26-Feb-1999 RMC Concrete has opened a new plant near Newton Abbot to produce the Readyfloor flooring system for new homes. 22-Oct-1998 Wolseley is to acquire the Hall & Co building materials business from RMC for about £120m, and will merge it with its Builder Center division. 26-Aug-1998 RMC is selling a number of cement facilities in Germany to Lafarge of France for £71m. 18-Aug-1998 RMC has bought out British Dredging's 50% stake in their British Dredging Aggregates joint venture for £4m. 08-Aug-1998 Pearson is to buy Thorpe Park, the Surrey theme park, from RMC for up to £20m, and will combine it with its Tussaud's Group subsidiary. 13-Jun-1998 RMC Group is said to be looking to sell its Hall & Co builders merchant, which has 97 branches and could be worth up to £100m. 26-May-1998 RMC Group has acquired Wulfrather, the German cement company, for £156m, and there is speculation that it may sell off some of Wulfrather's assets such as a cement plant in Coswig. 22-May-1998 RMC has sold its 50% stake in Chaufournieres de Hergenrath, the lime producer, to its Belgian joint venture partner for £54m, and the proceeds will help finance the recent acquisitions of four German concrete companies. 12-Feb-1998 RMC has acquired BDC Concrete Products, the maker of concrete paving stones, from British Dredging for £2.9m. 08-Oct-1997 RMC is acquiring a 51% stake in Dalmacijacement, the Croatian cement producer, for £34m. 10-Jun-1997 RMC has increased its stake in Kies-Union Vereinigte Kieswerke, the Austrian aggregates and concrete company, from 49% to about 72%, following a series of share deals. 03-Dec-1996 RMC has decided to abandon plans to buy the Nova Huta cement plant as part of a possible $100m investment in Poland. 07-Sep-1996 RMC is buying 33% of Nowa Huta Cement Works near Cracow, Poland, and hopes to increase its stake further. 28-Jun-1996 Readymix has bought RMC Catherwood, which operates in Scotland, the north of Ireland and the Isle of Man, for £23m. 30-Mar-1996 RMC, the concrete producer, has increased its stake in Kies-Union Vereinigte Keiswerke, the Austrian aggregates producer, from 24% to 49.9%. 28-Mar-1996 RMC is buying 23 Builders' Mate outlets from Wickes for £13m, while Wickes is buying six Bay 6 DIY stores from RMC. 07-Oct-1995 RMC is to buy out the outstanding stake in its German concrete-producing subsidiary. 08-Sep-1995
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