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Lafarge to boost construction capabilitiesLafarge Cement Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lafarge Malaysia Berhad, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with CIDB Holdings Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Constructi...News - 28 November 2013 |
Lafarge to sell excess electricity to NigeriaLafarge Cement WAPCO Nigeria Plc plans to sell about 40MW of excess electricity. The company uses only 40-50MW of the 90MW generated by its local power plant, Michael Awanayah, the company’s gener...News - 28 November 2013 |
Sri Lanka: Lafarge Mahaweli Cement sets up affordable-housing programmeA affordable-housing programme, which has been successfully implemented around the world by the Lafarge Group, will now be introduced to Sri Lanka, enabling low-cost yet safe construction. Recipi...News - 22 November 2013 |
Malaysia: Lafarge's net profit rises by 24.7%Lafarge Malaysia Bhd's net profit for the third quarter ended 30 Sept 2013 rose 24.7 per cent to MYR120.2m (US$37.7m) from MYR96.4m a year ago. Its revenue climbed 2.7 per cent YoY to MYR728m co...News - 20 November 2013 |
USA: Ravena plant to be renovatedLafarge has declared that it will spend several hundred million dollars to renovate its Ravena cement plant in Albany County. The revamped factory should be operational again by mid-2016, saving 1...News - 19 November 2013 |
Waiting for the lightWith cement demand growth slipping below six per cent in 2012, India appears to have fallen short of expectations, in spite of remaining a high-growth market by global standards. As the NCB prepar...Articles - 19 November 2013 |
Anglo American announces the sale of Tarmac Building Products to Lafarge TarmacAnglo American Plc said it will sell Tarmac Building Products Ltd to Lafarge Tarmac Holdings Ltd, the 50:50 joint venture of Lafarge's and Anglo American's construction materials and services busi...News - 15 November 2013 |
Fives FCB wins Lafarge grinding plant contractLafarge has awarded Fives FCB with a contract for the supply of a new cement grinding plant for its Teresa plant located in the Philippines. The scope of supply includes: raw material feedi...News - 15 November 2013 |
Alternative binder advancesDue to increasing environmental regulations, cement producers are striving to replace even larger parts of the Portland cement with low-carbon alternative cementitious materials. Highly- to modera...Articles - 13 November 2013 |
VDZ Congress 2013As Germany’s chancellor Angela Merkel prepares for a third term in office, the country’s cement association VDZ gathered in Düsseldorf for its four-yearly congress. Held in the Maritim Hotel betwe...Articles - 12 November 2013 |