Construction and engineering group Murray & Roberts (MUR) is casting its eyes eastwards towards China.

Construction and engineering group Murray & Roberts Holdings (MUR) have reported headline earnings per share unchanged at 71 cents for the six months ended December.

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Construction and infrastructure company Group Five (GRF) reported a 13% rise in headline earnings per share to 43.5 cents for the six months ended December 31 2003

Construction group Concor reported a marginal drop in its half-year earnings and expects profits to be marginally down for the full year.

Construction of Sasol's 865km natural gas pipeline between Maputo, Mozambique, and Secunda in Mpumalanga is complete, testing is under way and the first gas delivery is scheduled for Thursday this week.

CONSTRUCTION stocks were hit hard on Monday after Aveng warned its profit would fall by half. But the stampede lost momentum fairly quickly, and most of the shares in the sector, apart from Aveng, had recovered lost ground by the close of trade.

Aveng could be 50% lower than that of a year earlier