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South Africa: sitting prettyINTERNATIONAL REPORT ISouth Africa: sitting pretty A strong South African economy, with a booming housing construction and increasing investment in public-sector infrastructure, is creating a gro...Articles PDF - 02 March 2012 |
Signal shapes upSignal Mountain Portland Cement Company was established in 1920. The original plant was built just five miles from downtown Chattanooga in an area known as Glendale on a site that was originally pr...Articles PDF - 02 March 2012 |
LafargeLafarge's underlying turnover, adjusting for the elimination of the gypsum business that has largely been sold, increased by 3% in 2011 to €15,284, but the EBITDA declined by 7.8% to €3217m. The t...Corporate - 02 March 2012 |
Afrisam settles cement cartel complaint, South AfricaSouth African cement producer Afrisam has concluded a settlement agreement with the Competition Commission in which it admitted that it took part in a cement cartel and agreed to pay an administra...News - 01 March 2012 |
Natixis reiterates Lafarge “buy” recommendationNatixis has confirmed its “buy” recommendation and EUR40 share price target on Lafarge. The broker said it is confident of the company’s ability to achieve its 2012 goals and reduce debt through i...News - 28 February 2012 |
Lafarge-Strabag complete test runs at new Hungary worksLafarge and Strabag have successfully completed a test run at their Kiralyegyhaza cement plant in south west Hungary which they completed last autumn, Lafarge Cement Cement Magyarorszag managing d...News - 28 February 2012 |
Bamburi Cement uncertain on 2012 outlookBamburi Cement, a unit of Lafarge, reported a 28 per cent rise in 2011 turnover supported by sales from its Ugandan unit but warns its performance this year could be affected by inflation and unce...News - 27 February 2012 |
Cements Argos: positive outlook after strong 2011 resultsCementos Argos, Colombia's largest cement producer, achieved more than COP3.6bn (US$2bn) in consolidated revenues for FY2011, representing YoY growth of 21% in peso terms as it reported strong per...News - 27 February 2012 |
Catskill plant closure to be made permanent, USAHolcim is reportedly permanently closing its Catskill plant in the state of New York, USA, according to a local news report which cites notice given to the Department of Environmental Conservati...News - 24 February 2012 |
Lafarge Malayan Cement pretax profit risesLafarge Malayan Cement Bhd's pre-tax profit rose 10 per cent to MYR414.65m (US$136.7m) for the financial year ended Dec 31, 2011 from MYR345.397m in 2010, Business Times of Malaysia reports. In...News - 22 February 2012 |