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Southeast Asian advances

Southeast Asia continues to be a hive of cement activity and recent commentary by local producers suggests the prospects remain promising for certain key markets through 2014. Philippines: new c...
News - 07 March 2014

Lafarge

Lafarge's turnover declined by 3.9 per cent to EUR15,198m in 2013, having increased by 3.5 per cent in 2012. The EBITDA came down by 9.4 per cent to EUR3102m and the trading profit fell by 14 per ...
Corporate - 06 March 2014

CRH

CRH's turnover eased by an underlying 0.3 per cent in 2013 to EUR18,031m while the EBITDA declined by 5.6 per cent to EUR1475m. The trading profit before charging EUR650m of impairments was down b...
Corporate - 06 March 2014

Global grinding start-ups

ICR seeks out the locations of the new finish-grinding plants and proposed new grinding station projects around the world. Large projects coming on-stream this year include Saudi Cement's new Jiza...
Articles - 04 March 2014

Lafarge plans additional Nigerian spend

Lafarge Cement Wapco Plc has revealed plans to invest an additional NGN1bn (US$1.37bn) in the next 3-4 years inline with the company's target of doubling capacity in Nigeria. The company plans to...
News - 04 March 2014

Czech market declines expected to ease in 2014

Cement consumption in the Czech Republic is expected to see another fall in 2014, but the pace of decline is set to ease, according to the head of Lafarge Czech Republic. Cement demand in the Cze...
News - 03 March 2014

Lafarge constructing Chipata depot, Zambia

Lafarge Zambia is constructing the first cement depot in Chipata District in Eastern Province, valued at US$700,000. The depot will have a cement storage capacity of 3000t. Emmanuel Rigaux, manag...
News - 02 March 2014

Lafarge to spend US$20m on Harare plant upgrade

Lafarge Cement is planning to invest US$20m in the rehabilitation of its Harare works in Zimbabwe to boost volumes. The company aims to increase utilisation from the current 70 to 90 per cent on...
News - 28 February 2014

Lafarge Malaysia holds off on price hike

Lafarge Malaysia Cement has no immediate plans to increase cement prices, despite a hike in electricity tariffs this year its president and CEO, Bradley Mulroney, said. The company last increase...
News - 27 February 2014

Lafarge Republic Norzagaray mill scheduled for mid-2015 completion

Lafarge Republic’s Inc's (LRI) new cement mill at its Norzagaray cement works is expected to be operational by June 2015. The new mill will have a capacity of 850,000tpa and will come online just...
News - 27 February 2014