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Bruno Roux appointed President and CEO for Lafarge Eastern Canada

Bruno Roux has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer for the Eastern Canada business unit of Lafarge Canada Inc. In his new role, Mr Roux will serve as Lafarge's senior leader for...
News - 18 September 2014

Lafarge Africa completes consolidation process

Lafarge Africa Plc, formerly Lafarge Cement Wapco Nigeria Plc, has announced the completion of its acquisition of the Lafarge group’s shareholdings in Lafarge South Africa Holdings and United Ceme...
News - 17 September 2014

PCA recognises outstanding safety records

On 25 August, the PCA recognised 10 cement plants with the Chairman’s Safety Performance Awards for outstanding safety records at its autumn meeting in Chicago, USA. PCA honoured plants in three ...
News - 17 September 2014

Lafarge to sell Russian plant to Buzzi Unicem

Buzzi Unicem, through its fully-owned subsidiary Dyckerhoff GmbH, has reached an agreement to acquire a 100 per cent interest in Lafarge's UralCement plant in Russia for an enterprise value of EUR...
News - 16 September 2014

Morocco: Lafarge turnover slips 2.1% in 1H14

Lafarge’s Moroccan subsidiary, Lafarge Ciments, saw turnover in 1H14 slip by 2.1 per cent to MAD2.56bn (US$298m) as  prices and a favourable product mix only partially offset by 3.6 per cent a 4.4...
News - 16 September 2014

Eren Holdings to build cement plant in Cameroon

Turkey-based Eren Holdings has signed an investment agreement with the Cameroon government which will see its local subsidiary Medcem build a new cement plant in the African country. The new wor...
News - 12 September 2014

Ash Resources’ new Commercial Manager, South Africa

Ash Resources, South Africa’s leading manufacturer and supplier of fly ash products, has appointed Nicola Viljoen as its new Commercial Manager with effect from 1 September 2014. In her previous...
News - 12 September 2014

Ashaka Cement stake changes hands

Lafarge Group has sold 58.61 per cent of its stakes in Ashaka Cement Plc to Lafarge Africa Plc in a deal valued at NGN41bn (US$252m). Lafarge sold 1.3bn ordinary shares of its Ashaka Cement at N...
News - 11 September 2014

Building a Russian presence

While the rest of Europe delivers a mixed bag of results, Russia’s cement and construction markets continue to expand. Lafarge has been active in the country since 1996 and ICR asked Lafarge Russi...
Articles - 10 September 2014

Unacem plans to invest US$58m in 2015

Peru's Unacem intends to invest US$58m in its Atocongo and Condorcocho works next year. The projects focus on the development of the Carpapata III hydropower plant, the cement mill and packing are...
News - 09 September 2014