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Africa’s renaissance

Africa is now well and truly on the map for businesses and investors operating on the continent. In the cement sector, this is most obviously illustrated by the remarkable emergence of Dangote Cem...
Articles - 23 July 2014

Gebr Pfeiffer wins Algeria order

Gebr Pfeiffer SE has won a contract to supply a MVR 6700 C-6 cement mill and an MVR 6000 R-6 raw mill for Lafarge’s cement plant near the Algerian town of Biskra. This acquisition underpins Laf...
News - 21 July 2014

Lafarge Holcim antitrust reviews ‘on-track’

Holcim and Lafarge are in "advanced" discussions with European antitrust regulators over their proposed merger, Bernard Fontana, chief executive of Holcim, told the Wall Street Journal. Earlier t...
News - 21 July 2014

West Africa surplus looms

West African economies have performed well over the last decade, registering annual growth rates of up to eight per cent. However, as the region furiously builds new production facilities, overcap...
Articles - 21 July 2014

Nigeria: West Africa's fastest-growing market

With 180m inhabitants, Nigeria is Africa’s most populous country. In the last decade, the country has achieved positive economic development. The government is implementing policies to attract for...
Articles - 21 July 2014

Lafarge acquires Kercim grinding plant, France

Lafarge has acquired Ciments Kercim's grinding plant, located in the bulk terminal port of Nantes-Saint-Nazaire, western France. The 0.6Mta Kercim facility, launched in spring 2013, had been le...
News - 18 July 2014

Ashaka to fast-track Gombe plant expansion, Nigeria

The board of directors of Nigerian producer Ashaka Cement plc, with the support of parent company Lafarge, has agreed to fast-track the expansion of its US$617m cement plant in Gombe state. Guil...
News - 18 July 2014

Change of Country CEO at Lafarge South Africa

Lafarge 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 bei...
News - 17 July 2014

Elementia in talks for Lafarge JV stake, Mexico

Elementia SA, the Mexican cement maker backed by Carlos Slim and Antonio del Valle, is in talks to buy out partner Lafarge SA in their Mexican joint venture, Bloomberg reported Monday citing peopl...
News - 15 July 2014

Decline in housing starts dent Moroccan demand

The first half of 2014 has seen cement sales in Morocco experience a 4.4 per cent decline to 7.435Mt, latest figures released by the country's cement producers' association, APC, show. Industry...
News - 15 July 2014