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Lafarge Canada receives approval to expand quarry

Lafarge Canada has received approval to expand its Flamborough quarry, according to local press reports. The company applied for the 31ha expansion of its existing aggregate operation back in 2...
News - 29 August 2012

Fire at Lafarge Ravena works, USA

A fire broke out at the Lafarge Ravena plant in Albany, NY on Monday as a rubber conveyor belt carrying limestone snapped and caught fire, according to John Reagan, public affairs manager for the ...
News - 29 August 2012

REFRA-Kolloquium 2012

ICR attended the Refratechnik Kolloquium held on 5-8 June 2012 at the Estrel Hotel, Berlin, Germany. The meeting attracted some 800 invited guests including Refratechnik’s customers and its local ...
Articles - 29 August 2012

Lafarge to export clinker to Malawi

Lafarge Cement Company has signed an agreement with Central Eastern African Railway System (CEARS) in the exportation of clinker from Zambia to Malawi. CEARS Company Engineer Paul Madula confirm...
News - 20 August 2012

HSBC lifts Lafarge share price target, France

HSBC has lifted the share price target of Lafarge to EUR55 from EUR52 and reiterated its "overweight" recommendation. Analysts with HSBC revised up by three per cent their expectations for the EB...
News - 14 August 2012

Middle East market developments

Cement producers in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations witnessed a 24.3 per cent increase in revenues in the first quarter of 2012, reaching US$1.26bn (AED4.62bn) as construction picked up...
News - 13 August 2012

Brazil pumps up the volume

Brazil’s cement market has blossomed in recent years. Sales exceeded 64Mt in 2011, an increase of 7.6 per cent YoY. Cement manufacturers continue to add new capacity, but the economy has begun to ...
Articles - 13 August 2012

Gebr Pfeiffer Convention 2012

Over 150 delegates gathered on 21-22 June at the Gartenschau Convention Centre in Kaiserslautern, Germany, for the Gebr Pfeiffer Convention 2012. During the two-day conference, grinding experts Ge...
Articles - 13 August 2012

The leading majors

As a prelude to ICR’s annual performance review of the top six global cement majors, we provide an overview of some of the key themes to have emerged in 2011. We also take a look ahead to next yea...
Articles - 08 August 2012

European cement majors: first half trends

The last week has seen three leading European cement majors release first-half 2012 results: Lafarge, HeidelbergCement and Italcementi. The latest figures appear to confirm the upturn in North Ame...
News - 06 August 2012