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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

Mykolaivcement posts 2013 loss, Ukraine

CRH group company Mykolaivcement reported a loss of UAH63.234m (EUR4m) for 2013, with net revenue down by 10 per cent, or UAH61m, to UAH538.8m. In 2012, the Mykolaiv-based company suffered a loss...
News - 29 April 2014

Russia: open to investment

Attracting private and foreign investment is becoming key for Russia as prices in oil and natural gas come under pressure for funding state projects. Russia’s transition to a modern country will a...
Articles - 28 April 2014

Probe against Lafarge Surma land acquisition and quarrying operations

The Indian Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman (CAO) is assessing a complaint filed against Lafarge Surma Cement's land acquisition and limestone quarrying operations in Meghalaya, India. Lafarge Surma...
News - 23 April 2014

Less friction, less power use

As cement producers look to find additional ways of cutting energy costs, different parts of the cement production process are assessed to yield further savings. One such area is equipment lubrica...
Articles - 22 April 2014

LafargeHolcim will create Indian market leader

The merger of Lafarge and Holcim will create the largest producer in India, overtaking the current leader, UltraTech Cement, according to a report in The Economic Times of India. Currently, Holci...
News - 21 April 2014

Turkish majors eye LafargeHolcim divestment opportunities

Turkish cement producer are keen on acquisition opportunities that may arise from the Lafarge and Holcim merger, according to reports by Reuters. Oyak, the largest cement producer in Turkey, said...
News - 18 April 2014

CEO Dr Scheifele: LH merger no threat to HeidelbergCement

The announced mega-merger of Lafarge and Holcim is expected to change the competitive landscape in the cement industry as a new global building materials giant, LafargeHolcim, is created. Where do...
News - 17 April 2014

Groundbreaking ceremony for Ravena revamp

Lafarge North America Inc hosted a groundbreaking event on Friday for the multi-million dollar modernisation project at its Ravena cement plant in New York.  The modernisation project entails th...
News - 14 April 2014

Fitch affirms Holcim long-term rating

Following the announcement by Holcim to merge with Lafarge SA, Fitch Ratings has affirmed the Swiss major's Long-term Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) at 'BBB'. The Outlook is Stable. The affirmatio...
News - 14 April 2014