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Latin America market movementsThree major Latin American countries, Brazil, Peru and Argentina, released full-year consumption figures for 2012 this week with two showing YoY gains while demand in the third faltered. Brazil...News - 21 January 2013 |
Lafarge Cauldon leadsClose cooperation with its waste-derived fuel (WDF) provider, Sapphire Recovery, has enabled Lafarge’s Cauldon Works to avoid extensive modifications to its precalciner system to successfully inco...Articles - 21 January 2013 |
Lafarge completes trials for new generation low-carbon cementLafarge has successfully completed an industrial trial for Aether®, its new-generation clinker formulated for lower-carbon cements. The trial mobilised a team of around 100 people over a 10-day pe...News - 17 January 2013 |
Lafarge to invest BRL1bn in Brazil over next five yearsLafarge is to invest BRL1bn (US$500m) in Brazil in the five years to 2018, according to the group’s chairman and chief executive Bruno Lafont. During a meeting with Brazil’s president Dilma Rou...News - 15 January 2013 |
Low carbon cement adds to Pembroke’s green credentials, UKThe new 2160MW natural gas power station in Pembroke boosted its green credentials during the construction phase through the use of low-carbon Phoenix Portland fly-ash cement (BS EN 197-1 CEM II/B...News - 15 January 2013 |
Morroco to add 5.9Mta of new capacity by 2017Competition is intensifying in the cement sector in Morocco, as existing players gear up for another phase of capacity development. While cement demand cooled in 2012 following double-digit growth...News - 14 January 2013 |
Lafarge sells aggregate quarries in GeorgiaLafarge announces it has signed binding agreements for the sale of six aggregates quarries in Georgia (USA) for a total enterprise value of US$160m. These assets represent less than one cent of...News - 11 January 2013 |
Canada: carbon tax hurting cement industryBritish Columbia (BC) Conservative leader John Cummins has spoken out against the provincial carbon tax, claiming it threatens to kill the cement industry in Canada. “The BC Liberals’ unfair car...News - 10 January 2013 |
Lafarge announces joint venture with Elementia, MexicoLafarge announces it has reached an agreement with Elementia to combine their cement assets in Mexico. Lafarge will bring its two plants of Vito and Tula for a total capacity close to 1Mta, while ...News - 09 January 2013 |
Tightening belts at CRHThe Irish building materials company CRH Plc plans to make €300m in savings between 2013-15 by focussing on reducing energy costs, rationalising capacity and continuing its acquisitions programme....Articles - 09 January 2013 |