CSR
Broadband to speed trend of sending service jobs offshore
Ian Verrender It began as a trickle last year. There was the odd announcement detailing cutbacks and job losses at companies like CSR and SPC before steelmaker BlueScope announced massive losses, the closure of a...
CSR warns glass half-empty
Philip Wen The second major building materials supplier in a week to warn of a 'sharp deterioriation'.
CSR axes 100 jobs amid gloomy outlook
CSR plans to shut down some production lines at its Viridian glass business as a sluggish building industry and a strong dollar weigh on profit.
CSR calls for rethink on trade and carbon tax
Philip Wen THE building materials group CSR has dismissed the federal budget as ''a bit of a stop-gap'' which effectively placed issues raised by the government's proposed carbon tax in the ''too hard basket''.
Mining boom to drive construction recovery: CSR
Building materials company CSR says the riches of the mining boom will drive a recovery even though the building and construction industry is currently struggling.
CSR posts $503m full year net profit
Greg Roberts Building materials company CSR Ltd says while the Australian construction industry is currently struggling it believes a recovery will come soon.
CSR chief dirty on tax
Philip Wen The chief executive of CSR, one of the country's largest building materials companies, has hit out at the federal government's proposed carbon tax, saying it will not reduce world carbon pollution...
Jobs at risk from carbon tax: CSR chief
Philip Wen The chief executive of CSR, one of the country’s largest building materials companies, has hit out at the federal government’s proposed carbon tax, saying it will not reduce world carbon emissions...
CSR farewell leaves a bitter taste
Philip Wen WHEN the retiring Ian Blackburne chairs the CSR annual meeting for the final time today, he will leave the company in a very different position from when he started his eight-year reign.
CSR to sell off Asia unit
Jason Scott Buildings products maker CSR agrees to sell its Asian insulation operations to Rockwool International for $128 million.
CSR snubs Chinese suitor with sugar sale
Gareth Hutchens CSR shares jump after the company agrees to a last-minute $1.75b bid from Wilmar, leaving China's Bright Food out in the cold.
CSR sells its Asian business
Building firm CSR has agreed to sell its Asian businesses to the Rockwool Group for $128 million.
CSR to return $800 mln to shareholders
CSR Ltd will return $A800 million to shareholders with a special dividend and capital return following the sale of its Sucrogen and Asian businesses
CSR holds talks on sugar unit sale to China
A senior executive at China's Bright Food Group met with CSR this week for talks to secure a $1.65b sale of CSR's sugar arm - less than earlier bid.
CSR says talks with Chinese bidder continue
CSR said it continues to hold talks with China's Bright Food Group on the sale of its sugar operations but no final offer had been received.
NZ regulator approves CSR's Sucrogen sale
Rebecca Le May New Zealand regulators have given the nod to the sale of CSR's sugar and energy business to Asian agribusiness Wilmar International for $1.75 billion.
Government delays verdict on China bid for CSR
The Foreign Investment Review Board today delayed a final decision on whether China's Bright Food Group can go ahead with its $US1.62b bid for a sugar unit of CSR.
CSR returns to profit in H110
CSR Ltd has reported a return to profit in the half year to September 30 and says it expects earnings in its building products businesses to grow.
Former CSR boss to chair AGL board
AGL Energy appoints former CSR managing director Jerry Maycock as its chairman and QBE chairman Belinda Hutchinson as board member.
CSR reports an improved annual net loss
Sugar, energy and building materials maker CSR has posted a 66 per cent improvement in its annual result for the year ended March 31, but has declined to give guidance yet for the new year.
