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EAPCC swings to full-year profit, Kenya

East African Portland Cement Co (EAPCC) has posted a profit for the full-year ending June 2013, having recorded a loss in the same period of last year. The company, in which Lafarge and Bamburi ...
News - 28 October 2013

Lafarge Pakistan plans to issue shares

Lafarge Pakistan Cement Ltd has called an extraordinary general meeting on 29 October 2013 to seek approval from shareholders to make arrangements to settle an outstanding payment of PKR1.434bn (U...
News - 16 October 2013

Mexico: better times ahead?

Mexico’s cement market is at a watershed moment with leading operator Cemex firmly in control of events at the top of the scale, but new production and the growing need for cement is likely to boo...
Articles - 16 October 2013

Lafarge confirms commitment to Indian market

Despite the current slowdown on the Indian market, Lafarge has reaffirmed its commitment given the country’s huge long-term potential. In an interview with the Economic Times (ET) of India, Mart...
News - 15 October 2013

Lafarge Tarmac selects LLamasoft Supply Chain Guru

Lafarge Tarmac has selected LLamasoft Supply Chain Guru as the standard application for its supply chain design. “We selected LLamasoft as our supply chain design partner based on the knowledge...
News - 11 October 2013

Zambia prices rise on increased fuel costs

Cement prices in the Zambian city of Ndola have risen by ZMW15 (US$2.84) as construction activity booms and the country’s leading producer looks to offset a rise in fuel costs. The Times of Zambi...
News - 11 October 2013

Lafarge Cement WAPCO appoints new country CEO, Nigeria & Benin Republic

Lafarge Cement WAPCO announced the appointment of Guillaume Roux as the new Country CEO, Nigeria and Benin Republic, effective September 2013. He succeeds Jean-Christophe Barbant who has moved on ...
News - 09 October 2013

UK cement industry faces shake-up

The Competition Commission (CC) in the UK has said it is looking to invigorate competition in the British cement market by opening the way for a new independent producer. As well as provisional...
News - 08 October 2013

Rising South African input costs impacting Lafarge margins

Lafarge South Africa has said it may raise cement prices on the local market due to higher fuel and electricity costs. Thierry Legrand, country chief executive, said last week that increasing in...
News - 08 October 2013

Lafarge and Solidia Technologies announce partnership

Lafarge has signed a partnership agreement with the US start-up Solidia Technologies® to industrialise an innovative technology that could reduce the environmental footprint of pre-cast concrete. ...
News - 08 October 2013