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UAE: survival of the fittest

The property and construction sector slowdown continues to impact on UAE cement producers, driving utilisation levels and prices down when production capacity has increased to over 40Mt – well in ...
Articles - 30 January 2012

Bangladesh set for a boom

With its economy growing at a steady pace, and housing and infrastructure offering plenty of construction potential, Bangladeshi cement producers can look forward to the future despite one or two ...
Articles - 27 January 2012

Lafarge signs MoU for new university supply contract, Bangladesh

Bangladesh’s Lafarge Surma Cement (LSC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for its Supercrete cement brand to be used in the entire construction of the new Global University of Islamic...
News - 27 January 2012

Lafarge Malayan Cement announces new appointments

Lafarge Malayan Cement Bhd had appointed British national Bradley Peter Mulroney as its president and chief executive officer and Malaysian Chen Theng Aik as  executive director. Bradley Peter, 4...
News - 25 January 2012

New Benin plant to be constructed

Nouvelle Cimenterie du Bénin (Nocibé) is to construct a 1.5Mta cement plant in Benin, company CEO Latfallah Layousse, said. A contract for the new plant was signed on Friday, according to local pr...
News - 24 January 2012

New general director of Lafarge France announced

Pascal Casanova has been named general director of Lafarge France. Mr Casanova joined Lafarge in 1999 after having worked with other construction firms. More recently he served as research and ...
News - 20 January 2012

Euro construction output rebounds in November

European construction output rose by 0.8% in the euro area (EA17)  and by 0.4% in the EU27 in November 2011, compared with the previous month, data from the European Union’s statistics office, Eur...
News - 19 January 2012

Protests ensue over rising cement prices, India

Protests have taken place at Century Cement’s Chhattisgarh cement plant in India due to rising cement prices with threats of further demonstrations to be held at production sites of other major do...
News - 12 January 2012

India: NCP demands closure of illegal cement units

India’s opposition, National Congress Party, today demanded the government should stop all cement plants operating illegally in Jaintia Hills district beside a compensation in line with which Sup...
News - 09 January 2012

Aditya Birla to bid for Lafarge’s South African cement business?

India’s Aditya Birla group which owns UltraTech Cement Ltd is considering buying Lafarge's cement business in South Africa, the Business Standard reported Monday, citing unnamed sources. Lafarge...
News - 09 January 2012