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Hungary: building on traditions

Demand for cement products as an essential construction material is a representative indicator of economic development and socio-economic “well-being” in Hungary. The Hungarian Cement Association ...
Articles - 21 November 2011

Lafarge to construct Uzbekistan plant

Lafarge will begin the construction of a cement plant with a capacity of 2Mta in the Jizak region (central part of the country) in the second half of 2012, said Akbar Mukhitdinov, general manager ...
News - 21 November 2011

Lafarge WAPCO to sell 30MW of electricity to Nigerian gov’t

Lafarge Cement WAPCO Nigeria Plc says it has concluded plans to sell 30MW of electricity from its power plant in Ewekoro, Ogun State, Nigeria. Lafarge’s Country Manager, Jean-Christopher Barbant ...
News - 17 November 2011

Himachal Pradesh receives offers to establish new cement plant

Reliance Cement has proposed a 5Mt capacity cement plant the biggest so far in Himachal Pradesh, India. Aside from Reliance, eight other firms have bid for this project proposed to be set up in Ch...
News - 17 November 2011

Weak public spending seen hurting Lafarge Philippine profits

Lafarge Philippines expects to end the year with a profit decline before posting a single-digit growth in 2012 due to weak public spending on infrastructure, an official said last week. “Year-on-...
News - 17 November 2011

Lafarge in top 10 of carbon-cutting UK companies

Lafarge has ranked 7th in the UK’s first ever league table of ’green’ organisations. The roll, featuring more than 2,000 businesses, agencies, hospitals and government units, aims to show what pr...
News - 17 November 2011

Lafarge WAPCO’s 4Q11 profit seen rising, Nigeria

Lafarge Cement WAPCO Nigeria Plc should expect improved returns for the year ending December 31, 2011, as the company last projected a profit after tax of NGN1.016bn for the fourth quarter of the ...
News - 17 November 2011

Lafarge unit relocating headquarters, USA

A unit of Lafarge Cement North America is relocating its headquarters and about 50 jobs from Lee’s Summit to the Executive Hills East Business Park in Kansas City. The Economic Development Corp. ...
News - 17 November 2011

Lafarge reaches agreement on Algeria project

Lafarge appears to have finally reached agreement with the Algerian authorities on the commercial structure of a project that it inherited as part of its acquisition of the global cement interests...
News - 17 November 2011

Lafarge joint-venture wraps up sale of offshore bonds, China

Lafarge Shui On Cement Ltd, a joint venture between Lafarge and SOCAM Development Limited, said on Tuesday it has wrapped up sales of CNY1.5bn (US$237m) of offshore CNY bonds. The yuan-denominate...
News - 16 November 2011