Cement News tagged under: Lafarge South Africa
Competition Tribunal grants approval for Afrimat's acquisition of Lafarge South Africa11 April 2024, Published under Cement NewsAfrimat has notified its shareholders that the Competition Tribunal has granted approval for the Lafarge South Africa ( Holcim ) acquisition. All other regulatory authority approvals have been granted. In a Stock Exchange News Service announcement, the CEO of Afrimat, Andries van Heerden, indicated that this exciting deal forms part of the Afrimat Group's ongoing diversification strategy. “It will increase Afrimat’s offering in the construction materials space, by expanding the group'... |
Afrimat acquires Lafarge South Africa Holdings22 June 2023, Published under Cement NewsLafarge South Africa Holdings (LSA) is being acquired by South Africa-based mining and materials company, Afrimat, The deal includes all the subsidiaries of the LSA Group, which will become part of Afrimat’s Construction Materials division. LSA Group, a member of the Holcim Group, currently supplies a range of products to the construction industry, including cement, concrete, aggregates and fly ash. The purchase price for the acquisition of the equity in the LSA Group is US$6m, with a... |
New Country CEO for Lafarge South Africa07 September 2017, Published under Cement NewsRossen Papazov has been appointed country chief executive officer (CCEO) of Lafarge South Africa Holdings, effective 1 October 2017. For the last four years, Papazov has been CCEO for Holcim (later LafargeHolcim) in Azerbaijan. Papazov joined the international Holcim group in 2000 as the business development manager for Bulgaria. He went on to undertake a number of other management positions, including general manager of Aggregates and Readymix in Bulgaria, marketing director for Aggregat... |
Change of Country CEO at Lafarge South Africa17 July 2014, Published under Cement NewsLafarge South Africa has announced that Kenneth MacLean has been appointed Country CEO, replacing Thierry Legrand who has taken up a new position at the Lafarge’s headquarters in Paris. After being with Lafarge South Africa for five years. Mr Legrand’s is taking up the role of Senior Vice President (SVP) of Transformation and Acceleration. In his new position Mr Legrand, who has been with Lafarge for 20 years, will focus on developing innovation within the group. Mr MacLean started with th... |
Lafarge to merge South Africa and Nigerian units04 June 2014, Published under Cement NewsLafarge has announced it is to consolidate its African operations by combining its businesses in Nigeria and South Africa. Lafarge will transfer its shares in its Nigerian and South African operations into Lafarge WAPCO Nigeria Plc, which will then be renamed Lafarge Africa Plc. The combined entity will have a cement capacity of about 12Mt, as well as operations in aggregates, ready-mix and fly ash. Chairman of Lafarge WAPCO, Chief Olusegun Osunkeye, OFR, OON said the transaction will: "... |
Lafarge South Africa import concerns30 July 2012, Published under Cement NewsLafarge South Africa unit may ask country’s the International Trade Administration Commission to protect the market from alleged low quality imports from Pakistan, Business Day reported, citing Lafarge South Africa Chief Executive Officer Thierry Legrand. The company is concerned that the cement, which it says is of low-quality is being used for building projects in South Africa, the Johannesburg-based newspaper said. Some importers are labeling cement as flour to avoid quality tests, ... |
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