Building materials supplier Boral has agreed to buy US firm Headwaters Incorporated for around $US2.6 billion ($A3.5 billion), which Boral says will more than double its US business and help accelerate development of its light building products platform.
Women are being appointed to ASX200 boards at a faster rate than ever, but a number of major Western Australian companies remain without any female representation on their boards.
The future looks bright for Boral, with a string of major road and infrastructure projects on the horizon as the building products maker benefits from the residential construction boom in NSW.
The state government will spend $4.7 million on re-sealing parts of the Kwinana Freeway and Forrest Highway, with work to be carried out by a subsidiary of Boral.
Building materials manufacturer Brickworks has disclosed that intense competition in the local market meant Western Australia was the only state where it was unable to lift prices for bricks during the past year.
Intense competition among the state's three major brick manufacturers means prices are lower now than they were six years ago, despite record levels of building activity.
Construction company Boral plans to sell and leaseback 11 of its Australian properties, including a landholding in Bunbury, as part of its ongoing management of its land assets.
Building materials supplier Boral Ltd's net profit has dropped 19 per cent, dragged down by an earnings loss at its US business while it reported weaker brick earnings in Western Australia.
Building products company Boral Ltd has announced plans to invest $33 million in a new concrete masonry plant at its Midland Brick site in Middle Swan.
BUILDING and construction materials supplier Boral Limited will soon be mining its own sand in WA.
The expected signing this week of an historic agreement with Swan River and Swan Coastal Plains Native Title claimants will help clear the way for the
BORAL Limited is negotiating for the purchase of key assets in Albany as it renews interest in the lower Great Southern town's building and construction business.
