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Oldcastle Materials is the leading vertically integrated supplier of aggregates, asphalt, ready mixed concrete, and paving services at 1,400 locations nationwide. Our structure is unique – a federation of strong, established companies who retain their identity while leveraging the technology, expertise and financial resources of the larger organization. From coast to coast, Oldcastle Materials delivers quality, dependable results to customers ranging from federal agencies to small construction companies. Our culture is special as well. Our most valued asset is our people, and Talent Management is an ongoing process that helps us to identify, develop and leverage more than 18,000 employees. The focus on developing people is critical to Oldcastle’s performance and growth strategy. Oldcastle Materials, along with parent company CRH plc, practice Corporate Social Responsibility through measures that include social, environmental, climate, safety, health and corporate governance initiatives. Whether we’re safely paving miles of interstate, building two thousand-foot-long bridges or building roads in national parks, Oldcastle Materials’ continued investment in people, performance and communities has positioned us as an industry leader.

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Loss of key CRH executives puts the spotlight on Lee's stewardship
03 September 2010
CRH consistently wins awards for excellent investor relations which makes last week's profit warning so alarming.

$5bn of CRH's debt placed on negative ratings outlook
31 August 2010
Moody's adjustment delivers another blow to the global construction giant CRH.

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As CRH shares plunge "buy" becomes "hold"
25 August 2010
Shares of $11 billion Dublin CRH, which have been plunging all day, got the axe from Citigroup analyst Aynsley Lammin.

CRH profits slip 77%, will not meet expected earnings
24 August 2010
Profit before tax of €25 million was 77% below first-half 2009; the July Update Statement indicated that profit would be close to breakeven. First-half earnings per share fell 79% to 2.6c (H1 2009: 12.2c)...

Another CRH executive defects to join forces with rival company
23 August 2010
Glen Culpepper, the CRH finance chief who left the company for "personal reasons" in May, has joined one of the cement behemoth's key rivals.

CRH to divest businesses
23 August 2010
The deadline for bids for building materials group CRH’s European insulation businesses passed yesterday.

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