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Lafarge told to suspend operations in Slovenia over enviro permits

05 March 2015, Published under Cement News

Slovenian producer Lafarge Cement said on Wednesday that the country’s environment inspectorate has ordered the plant to suspend operations for lacking environmental permits. The inspectorate acted following a recent decision of the European Commission to refer Slovenia to the European Court of Justice for failing to issue an industrial permit to a major cement factory. The Commission is also asking for fines to be imposed. Lafarge Cement said in a statement on its website it will respe...

Slovenian court revokes Trbovlje environmental permit

03 September 2014, Published under Cement News

The administrative court in Ljubljana has revoked the environmental permit issued to LafargeCement, SeeNews reported citing Slovenian press. The permit was issued to Lafarge in January by the Environment Agency for its site in Trbovlje, state-run news agency STA said. The Trbovlje works of Lafarge Cement, 55.9 per cent owned by Lafarge Perlmooser, is located in central Slovenia, and has a production capacity of 0.45Mta of clinker and 0.6Mta of cement.

Buzzi Unicem

06 August 2014, Published under Cement News

The agreement between Buzzi Unicem and Wietersdorfer of Austria has been finalised and comes into force on 1 August. Buzzi Unicem acquires a 25 per cent interest the largest Slovenian cement producer Salonit Anhovo and in w&p Cementi in Italy. The Italy-based cement producer transfers its Cadola cement works to Wietersdorfer.  

Buzzi Unicem and Wietersdorfer deal completed

31 July 2014, Published under Cement News

Buzzi Unicem has completed a strategic agreement with Wietersdorfer initially announced in February this year. Under the terms of the deal, Buzzi Unicem is receiving EUR22m from W&P Cementi for its 0.3Mta cement works at Cadola (Italy) and the right to acquire the 0.4Mta Travesio (Italy) cement plant within the next five years. At the same time, Buzzi Unicem is paying some EUR22m for a 25 per cent stake in Salonit Anhovo, the leading cement producer in Slovenia with a capacity approaching ...

Buzzi in strategic agreement with W&P Cementi

19 February 2014, Published under Cement News

Buzzi Unicem is paying some EUR22m for a 25 per cent stake in Salonit Anhovo, the leading cement producer in Slovenia with an capacity approaching 1.4Mta and for a 25 per cent interest in Wietersdorfer & Peggauer's Italian subsidiary W&P Cementi.  As part of the same deal, Buzzi Unicem is receiving EUR22m from W&P Cementi for the Italian cement major’s 0.3Mta cement works at Cadola (Italy) and the right to acquire the 0.4Mta Travesio (Italy) cement plant within the next five years.   ...

Trbovlje council expresses support for Lafarge, Slovenia

29 March 2012, Published under Cement News

The Trbovlje city council has expressed its support for Lafarge’s Slovenia unit as the cement producer is reorganising and reducing staff after it was stripped of its environmental permit for waste burning in November 2011. Lafarge Cement spokesman, Andrej Sopotnik, told the Slovenska Tiskovna Agencija that the company has so far reduced the number of workers through from 180 to 120. The reorganisation plan envisages laying off some 60 additional workers but this number is still to be confi...