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AfriSam settles in cartel case, South Africa

South Africa’s Competition Commission has entered into a settlement agreement with AfriSam, in which the company admitted that it took part in a cement cartel. 

 AfriSam agreed to pay a penalty ...
News - 02 November 2011

Parekh Joins Lafarge’s International Advisory Board

The Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) chairman Deepak Parekh has joined the International Advisory Board of Lafarge. Parekh, who recently stepped down as non-executive chairman of Laf...
News - 01 November 2011

A time of change

Originally planned for Cairo, Cemtech Middle East & Africa finally got under way at the Grand Hyatt Dubai on 5 March, attended by some 200 delegates from over 30 countries, with over 45 individ...
Articles - 31 October 2011

Cemtech Asia: success in Bali

This year’s Cemtech Asia Conference and Exhibition, held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, Bali Indonesia during the 19-22 June, and before an invited audience of cement specialists from over 24 countries...
Articles - 31 October 2011

Osun State receives Lafarge rail shipment?, Nigeria


Osun State has received 600t of cement by rail from the Lafarge Cement WAPCO Nigeria. 
According to the Regional Manager, Eastern Market of the company, Mr. Femi Babatunde, who supervised the de...
News - 31 October 2011

Tarmac Ltd back in profit after European business sales

Tarmac Ltd has reported a GPB75m (EUR85m) pre-tax profit for 2010 after the sale of its European businesses. The Competition Commission is currently considering a joint venture between Tarmac UK ...
News - 31 October 2011

Lafarge

Lafarge North America is selling its quarries, ready-mixed concrete plants and asphalt operations in the Denver, Colorado, area to Martin Marietta Materials. Payment will be made part in cash and p...
Corporate - 31 October 2011

St Louis: gateway to IEEE 2011

St Louis, Missouri, “Gateway to the West”, was the chosen venue for the IEEE-IAS/PCA 53rd Cement Industry Technical Conference in late May. Over a thousand delegates from across North America and ...
Articles - 28 October 2011

EU clears Etex for Lafarge gypsum assets

Belgian building materials group Etex won European Union approval on Friday to purchase most of Lafarge’s plaster activities in Europe and South America. Lafarge is selling assets as part of a pl...
News - 28 October 2011

Lafarge WAPCO nine month profit rises 2.8%

Lafarge Cement WAPCO Nigeria Plc, a unit of Lafarge SA, posted a 2.8 per cent increase in nine-month net income to NGN5.8bn (US$36m) as revenue climbed, it said in a statement emailed by the Niger...
News - 28 October 2011