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Breaking ground on new plants

Cement plant construction has begun to ease off in former cement production hotspots such as Central Europe and North America but new contracts are forging ahead in the Crimea, South America and m...
Articles - 16 July 2012

PetroCem 2012

The 7th International PetroCem Conference and Exihibition was successfully held in the charming city of St Petersburg, Russia, between 22-25 April 2012. More than 520 cement specialists from 34 co...
Articles - 11 July 2012

Lafarge Republic sees increased market growth, Philippines

Having witnessed flat YoY sales in 2011, Lafarge Republic (formerly Republic Cement Corp) has said it expects market growth to accelerate on the back of increased government spending on infrastruc...
News - 09 July 2012

A victim of success

Lafarge Canada’s paper on CO2 emissions reductions in the cement sector earned the company its latest accolade, winning the first prize at the 2012 IEEE-IAS/PCA meeting in San Antonio, Texas. Here...
Articles - 09 July 2012

Lafarge: June '12

Lafarge has launched its 'Sustainability Ambitions 2020' programme, which sets 34 new sustainability ambitions. These include an increase to 50 per cent of the portion of non-fossil fuels, which i...
Corporate - 06 July 2012

Holcim: June '12

Holcim's two main Indian subsidiaries, Ambuja Cements and ACC Limited, have been fined at total of approximately EUR325m, or INR2301 crores, by the Honourable Competition Commission of India. This...
Corporate - 06 July 2012

Brazil competition authority approves Camargo purchase of Cimpor

Brazil’s competition authority CADE has approved Camargo Correa’s purchase of a controlling stake in Portuguese cement producer Cimpor, subject to several conditions. The main condition set by ...
News - 05 July 2012

Sichuan Shuangma Cement in private placement, China

Sichuan Shuangma Cement Co Ltd, a Shenzhen-listed producer and distributor of cement, said on 2 July 2012 that it plans to issue no more than 121 million shares to 10 designated investors at CNY7....
News - 04 July 2012

Republic Cement Corp changes name, Philippines

In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange on Tuesday, Republic Cement Corporation changed its corporate name to Lafarge Republic Incorporated. Also, as part of their by-law’s amendments, th...
News - 04 July 2012

From boom to gloom

The European countries of Greece, Spain, Italy and Ireland have witnessed spectacular falls in cement demand from the highs seen in the last decade, as the eurozone sovereign debt crisis firmly ta...
Articles - 04 July 2012