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Lafarge: July '12

Lafarge's 1H turnover increased by an underlying 4.9 per cent to €7614m and the EBITDA rose by 7.8 per cent to €1523m, while the trading profit increased by 14.7 per cent to €1022m. A lower €46m g...
Corporate - 03 August 2012

Bamburi first-half pretax profit falls, Kenya

Kenya’s leading cement producer Bambur Cement posted a 12.86 per cent fall in pretax profit for the first half of this year to KES3.7bn (US$43.89m), hurt by financing costs that exceeded revenue g...
News - 03 August 2012

Lafarge WAPCO pretax profit rises, turnover falls, Nigeria

Lafarge WAPCO said on Tuesday that its 1H12 pre-tax profit rose 19 per cent YoY to NGN12.18bn (US$76m). However, turnover fell to NGN46.34bn during the period from NGN62.50bn a year ago, the compa...
News - 02 August 2012

Lafarge Malayan Cement confirms price hike

Lafarge Malayan Cement (LMC) has confirmed it will raise the price of cement effective today, 1 August, due to rising manufacturing and delivery costs, which is expected to bode well for the compa...
News - 01 August 2012

Lafarge South Africa import concerns

Lafarge South Africa unit may ask country’s the International Trade Administration Commission to protect the market from alleged low quality imports from Pakistan, Business Day reported, citing La...
News - 30 July 2012

Lafarge takes hit on Greek impairment charge, maintains outlook

Lafarge has reported improved second-quarter sales and operating profit but net profit plummeted as it took an impairment charge of EUR200m (US$244m) on its Greek assets. Second-quarter sales r...
News - 27 July 2012

Lafarge Exshaw project heading for approval, Canada

The proposed Lafarge Canada cement plant expansion application for Exshaw will go back to the Municipal District of Bighorn's planning commission today after being tabled last week for more inform...
News - 26 July 2012

Lagos state agrees deal with Lafarge and Dangote

The Lagos State Government has signed a new deal with Dangote Cement Plc and Lafarge Cement WAPCO Plc to ensure undisrupted cement supplies to construction firms contracted to handle various infra...
News - 24 July 2012

Building on a legacy

With cement consumption expected to expand rapidly in the Central Asian republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, the local cement industry faces the challenge ...
Articles - 23 July 2012

Four Indian plants force to close on alleged environmental violation

Four cement plants in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh have been ordered to shut down on alleged violation of air pollution controls norms. The Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board (CECB) ...
News - 20 July 2012