re: us $ 30 mill. sales order in usa

Excellent news :

"Minerals Corporation is pleased to announce that it has received its first commercial sales order from CRH plc., one of the world’s largest and most successful international building materials groups.
This initial order arises from a recent agreement signed with CRH plc. to establish a Joint Venture to manufacture and market low carbon masonry products in North America. This order follows earlier successful test work, and is intended to cover all the requirements for a full scale production run at its Chicago plant. The company expects sales to this customer to start and build up during 2010 to about US$30 Million Joint Venture annual revenues. Once successfully established in Chicago the intention of the parties is to expand production to other CRH plants throughout the USA. In addition the parties will examine sales opportunities with CRH within their global network.
CRH plc is well known as ‘The International Building Materials Group’ and operates in 35 countries, employing about 93,500 people in over 3,700 locations worldwide. CRH is listed both on European and on the New York Stock Exchanges and has a market capitalization of over Euro 12 Billion."