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Lafarge WAPCO pretax profit jumps

Lafarge's WAPCO announced on Thursday that its 2013 full-year pretax profit rose 30.3 per cent to NGN27.7bn (US$168.3m). The Nigerian unit of the French cement major also said revenue jumped to N...
News - 21 March 2014

Bamburi relaunches Powercrete, Kenya

Lafarge’s Kenyan subsidiary Bamburi Cement has announced it will relaunch its Powercrete cement for use in large infrastructure works and in the private and public sector.   The relaunch comes af...
News - 20 March 2014

Lafarge Moldova appoints new director

Nicolas Valdinoci has been announced as the new director of Lafarge Moldova, replacing Louis de Sambucy who is moving to Lafarge Algeria. Mr Valdinoci has been at Lafarge since 2007. For three ye...
News - 14 March 2014

Algeria: Lafarge joint venture awarded project permits

CILAS Biskra, the cement joint venture between Lafarge (49 per cent stake) and Algerian businessman Souakri, is one step closer to the construction of its new plant. The project received all neces...
News - 13 March 2014

Lafarge reportedly attracting bids for Pakistan unit

Lafarge is reportedly attracting bids for its Pakistan unit, with the country's leading producer, Lucky Cement, said to be among companies competing for the assets. Potential acquirers have subm...
News - 12 March 2014

Sonadih plant wins Safety, Health and Environment award, India

Lafarge India's Sonadih cement plant has been awarded the Safety, Health and Environment' (SHE) Award under the large-scale industry category by the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), Easte...
News - 12 March 2014

KHD supplies Lafarge Ravena and Exshaw projects

KHD Humboldt Wedag International AG’s US-based office, Humboldt Wedag Inc, is executing two orders with Lafarge North America Inc and Lafarge Canada Inc (Lafarge) for engineering, delivery of equi...
News - 11 March 2014

New clinkers

The push to reduce CO 2 emissions will impact the way that cement plants are designed and operated in the future. This third article in a series of five explores some of the potential outcomes of...
Articles - 11 March 2014

TCMB elects new chairman

Mehmet Göçmen has been elected chairman of the Turkish Cement Manufacturers Association (TÇMB) by board members at the 56th General Assembly meeting last month. Mr Göçmen is currently Sabanci Hold...
News - 11 March 2014

Bamburi: operating profit plunges 24% YoY, Kenya

Bamburi Cement’s 2013 turnover declined by 3.6 per cent to KES33.9bn while operating profit fell 24 per cent amid an increasingly competitive market. Commenting on the company’s results, managi...
News - 07 March 2014