NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - April 10, 2014) - Two European cement giants have agreed on a $50 billion merger deal that would in effect create the world's largest construction material group. Holcim of Switzerland struck the deal to buy France's Lafarge in a tie-up that would see Lafarge shareholders receive one Holcim share for every Lafarge held.
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