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Lafarge Republic gets go-ahead for plant expansion

Lafarge Republic has secured approval from its board of directors to expand its plant in Norzagaray, Bulacan, to keep up with continuing growth in the domestic cement market. In a disclosure rele...
News - 30 January 2014

Lafarge seeks government nod for limestone approval, India

Lafarge has warned that it could be forced to shut its Indian flagship plant in Chhattisgarh as limestone reserves are fast running out. The cement major is now urging the government to speed up a...
News - 28 January 2014

Exane BNP downgrades Lafarge to “underperform”

Exane BNP Paribas downgraded its opinion on Lafarge from “outperform” directly to “underperform”. However, the analysts raised the target price from EUR50.5 to EUR58.  “Lafarge is exposed to st...
News - 24 January 2014

Green light factories

The global cement market remains subdued with China moving away from a cyclical peak and India’s fall-off in new capacity additions. Nevertheless, Africa, Russia and the CIS countries are all seei...
Articles - 21 January 2014

UK regulator demands domestic shake up

The structure and conduct of the UK cement sector restricts competition, costing consumers around GBP50m annually, and therefore requires decisive market intervention, according to the conclusions...
News - 17 January 2014

Lafarge

Lafarge has agreed the sale of the remaining 20 per cent in the European and Latin American gypsum-related activities to Etex, which had earlier purchased the initial 80 per cent. The completion o...
Corporate - 16 January 2014

Cemex responds to CC report

Cemex has responded to the Competition Commission’s (CC) final report into the aggregates, ready-mix concrete and cement market in Great Britain, saying that the CC’s conclusion that there is in...
News - 15 January 2014

UK watchdog to force Hanson to sell GGBS production facility

The UK’s Competition Commission (CC) plans to force Hanson to sell off one of its facilities as part of a move to introduce a fifth player to the market to increase competition. In its final rep...
News - 14 January 2014

EAPCC plans to hike capacity, Kenya

East African Portland Cement (EAPCC), Kenya’s third largest producer, is planning to install a new clinker line and mill to lift capacity by 2016, the company’s CEO told local press. EAPCC, in w...
News - 14 January 2014

Integrated carbon capture

A number of solutions exist when it comes to carbon capture and storage, but they depend on a range of factors including cementitious additions, fuel sources and heat consumption by the kiln. In t...
Articles - 13 January 2014