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Rinker Group Ltd.

RIN is in the Manufacturing Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$5.1B

Public
AU

Dow Jones Description

Rinker provides a solid foundation for it's customers! Rinker Group Limited (NYSE: RIN; MBE and SYD:RIN ) is active in heavy building materials in the United States and Australia. Its products include aggregate, cement, concrete, concrete block, asphalt and concrete pipe. It also distributes gypsum wallboard. Other businesses include Readymix and Humes in Australia and China. The company is based in Chatswood, NSW, Australia, and employs about 13,300 people in over 760 sites across the US, Australia and China. It was founded in 1926 and has revenue of $5.1 billion. In March 2006 the company acquired Keys Concrete, one of the largest independent concrete and block manufacturers in Florida.

Number of Employees 14,358

Contact Information

Level 8 Tower B

799 Pacific Hwy

Chatswood 2067

www.rinker.com....

(61) 294126600

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Ready-Mix Concrete Manufacturing: 327320

Company News

News & Analysis

rinker group ltd. and woodside petroleum ltd. - All News and Analysis

Region follows Wall St lead.

- 2006-06-06

Byline: Richard Hemming Jun 06, 2006 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Falling commodity prices and growing expectations of a rise in US interest rates sparked a fall in the Australian sharemarket on 6 June 2006. The S&P/ASX 200 eased...

Tags: Rinker Group Ltd., Rio Tinto, Woodside Petroleum Ltd.
Nudging record numbers.

- 2005-07-18

Jul 18, 2005 (Herald Sun - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian sharemarket posted modest gains on 18 July 2005, with the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 rising six points to close at 4,298.4. The broader All Ordinaries Index gained 5.7 points to finish at 4,259.9. Both...

Tags: Australian Stock Exchange Ltd., Rinker Group Ltd., Standard and Poor's, Woodside Petroleum Ltd.
Steady performers poised for a global recovery.

- 2003-05-01

May 01, 2003 (Personal Investor - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian stock market has performed well in recent weeks. However, investors should exercise caution when choosing their investment targets. They are advised to buy Resmed, Nufarm and Woodside Petroleum. Shares in Rinker Group, BankWest...

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