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Cement consumption in Honduras seen up 10%

Cement consumption in Honduras this year increased by 10 per cent over 2010, resulting in part from  improvements made in the rural sector. 
Domestic demand amounted to 1.5Mt of the construction ...
News - 29 November 2011

Macmahon wins second quarrying contract in Nigeria

Macmahon Holdings Limited announced its subsidiary company in Nigeria has been awarded a seven year contract for quarrying operations near Calabar in Nigeria. The contract for United Cement Compa...
News - 28 November 2011

Nigeria: Lafarge Cement WAPCO raises NGN11.8bn bond

Lafarge Cement WAPCO Nigeria plc raised a sum of NGN11.8bn (US$74m) bond at a fixed interest rate of 11.5%. This is part of the  company’s NGN50bn Bond Issuance Programme. The first series of the...
News - 24 November 2011

Lafarge Pakistan reports loss in 3Q11

Lafarge Pakistan Cement Ltd (LPCL) has incurred a PKR328.44m (US$3.75m) loss after taxation of during January-September 2011 against loss of PKR1.045bn incurred in the corresponding period last ye...
News - 24 November 2011

Will Lafarge Cement withdraw from Slovenia?

The daily Delo speculates on Thursday whether Lafarge Cement could exit Slovenia after the Environment and Spatial Planning Ministry revoked the company’s permit for waste incineration. Judging b...
News - 24 November 2011

Iraq’s Lafarge-run cement plant plans to triple production

MerchantBridge & Co plans to triple cement production over the next two to three years at a plant operated by partner Lafarge SA in Karbala, Iraq. “We expect to start breaking even in January,” ...
News - 23 November 2011

The next steps for Cemex?

Which way now for Cemex? Speculation over Cemex and its ability to service its massive debt burden has been heightened due to the present global economic slowdown. The company ha...
Articles - 22 November 2011

Europe’s youngest cement plant

It is rare for a new 1Mta cement works to be constructed in Europe, and Hungary is perhaps not the first place one might expect such a plant to be built. However, Austria’s Strabag identified a...
Articles - 22 November 2011

Iraq – open for business

Last September, a delegation of senior ministers from Iraq’s government convened in London for the first Iraq Mining conference. The message they wanted to convey was that Iraq, after decades of w...
Articles - 22 November 2011

Lafarge to realign country CEO activities

Lafarge SA has announced a reorganisation of its worldwide business, with the company’s country chief executives assuming responsibility for the firm’s cement, aggregates and concrete activities. ...
News - 22 November 2011