Search Results

Energy price falls may increase 2H12 margins

Industry analysts predict a recovery in cement margins in 2H12 as a consequence of falling international energy prices and the continued strength in cement prices, as highlighted in last week’s ne...
News - 04 May 2012

Lafarge

Lafarge Jordan saw turnover decline by 12% lost year to JOD134m (€144m), producing a loss of JOD20m (€21.5m) as production at the two works fell to its lowest lever for eleven years. High fuel an...
Corporate - 03 May 2012

Breedon targets acquisitions from Lafarge and Anglo-American UK sales

Breedon Aggregates is eyeing the quarry assets of Lafarge and Anglo American PLC that need to be sold for their British joint venture to succeed. The aggregate company is likely to bid on the qu...
News - 02 May 2012

Commission demands Lafarge/Anglo asset sale, UK

The UK’s Competition Commission (CC) has said Anglo American PLC and Lafarge must sell a significant portfolio of operations before their proposed construction materials joint venture can go ahead...
News - 01 May 2012

Lafarge to set up two cement plants in Algeria – report

Lafarge will build two cement plants in Algeria in partnership with local private group Sagremac. Thanks to the two projects, the French company will be able to boost its positions on the Algeria...
News - 30 April 2012

Hima Cement’s alternative fuels initiative, Uganda

Uganda-based producer Hima Cement is looking to increase its use of coffee husks as an energy source for cement production. The East African reports that the company is to spend Ush2bn ($783,570...
News - 30 April 2012

Iraq’s sustainable development

As a global company, Lafarge has committed to lighten its environmental footprint worldwide. Its industrial ecology concept comes as an answer to some environmental challenges linked with cement p...
Articles - 25 April 2012

Kenya: NSSF faces off with Lafarge over board seat at Bamburi

National Social Security Fund (NSSF) is set to open a fresh fight with French conglomerate Lafarge over the control of Bamburi Cement as it demands a seat on the cement maker’s board it lost last ...
News - 24 April 2012

Nigeria: Lafarge Wapco launches new products

Lafarge Wapco is targeting block makers and the pre-cast and concrete business with its latest cement product. Elephant Super set was revealed at the Nigeria infrastructure & Construction exhibiti...
News - 24 April 2012

Nigeria: cement manufacturers seek import ban

Nigerian cement manufacturers have called on the federal government to ban bulk cement imports before the government’s August deadline, claiming that the volume of cement currently produced in the...
News - 23 April 2012