Search Results

LH merger: a new era begins

Lafarge and Holcim have surprised the industry by confirming their intention to combine in a ‘merger of equals’, designed to create an unrivalled building materials group with operations spanning ...
Articles - 02 May 2014

Lafarge

The wholly-owned subsidiary Lafarge Pakistan Cement, which operates a 2.4Mta cement works in Punjab increased turnover by seven per cent to the equivalent of US$105m and the net profit rose by 21....
Corporate - 02 May 2014

CRH

Mykolavcement, which as acquired by CRH from Lafarge in April of last year, has reported a EUR4m (UAH63.2m) loss in 2013 on a turnover 10 per cent lower at UAH538.8m. CRH paid EUR96m, including th...
Corporate - 02 May 2014

New chairperson for Lafarge South Africa

After two terms in office, Nonkqubela Mazwai has stepped down as chairperson of Lafarge South Africa and handed the reins over to Thandi Orleyn, previously a non-executive director of Lafarge Mini...
News - 02 May 2014

UltraTech Cement

UltraTech Cement has reported a 15 per cent rise in net profit of US$138m for the first quarter of 2014.  This is due to tough cost control initiatives in the face of increasing pressure on input ...
Corporate - 02 May 2014

Cementos Argos

Cementos Argos has posted a 51.7 per cent rise in net income to US$39m in 1Q14, compared to the same period last year. Consolidated EBITDA was also up, by 12 per cent to US$130m. Operating profit ...
Corporate - 02 May 2014

Lafarge Pakistan hosts groundbreaking ceremony for CSR project

The groundbreaking ceremony of a fully-equipped medical unit and parking complex was held at Lafarge Pakistan’s operations in Kallar Kahar, Chakwal district, earlier this week. Among those in att...
News - 02 May 2014

Expressions of interest for Lafarge Pakistan acquisition

Two parties have officially expressed an interest in acquiring control of Lafarge Pakistan Cement, according to local press reports. Sofima SAS, a fully-held direct subsidiary of Lafarge SA, is...
News - 01 May 2014

Siemens targets energy use

Dieter Schletterer, Siemens vice president of Cement-Minerals, gave up his time to the press to describe some of the latest technology that Siemens offers to clients in the cement industry. His co...
Articles - 30 April 2014

Lafarge Wapco first-quarter pretax profit up 20%

Lafarge Wapco said on Monday its first-quarter pretax profit rose to NGN8.62bn (US$54m), up 20 per cent from NGN7.20bn in the same period of last year. Turnover at the Nigerian unit of France’s L...
News - 29 April 2014