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Etex to refinance EUR450m debt for Lafarge unit buy

Belgium’s Etex Group said Monday that it has secured EUR1.3bn of credit facilities to finance the acquisition of the European plasterboard division of Lafarge, part of which will be refinanced in ...
News - 11 October 2011

Industry appointments - APCMA elects excutive committee members

Aizaz Mansoor Sheikh, Chief Executive of Kohat Cement Company, has been elected chairman of the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA)  for seventh time. His new term is for the 201...
News - 10 October 2011

Fire at Lafarge Dunbar works, UK

About 50 firefighters tackled a blaze at Lafarge Dunbar’s cement works on Wednesday afternoon after a fire broke out. The alarm was raised just after 12:30 at Lafarge cement works in Dunbar, wher...
News - 07 October 2011

Lafarge renews partnership with Ecole des Ponts ParisTech

Lafarge has renewed its partnership with technological university Ecole des Ponts ParisTech for another five years. The partnership focuses on the development of Materials Science for Sustainabl...
News - 06 October 2011

Zimbabwe’s cement price surges as Lafarge reports mill out

Cement prices in Zimbabwe have shot up from their recommended average price of US$12.50/50kg bag to US$16-20 after Lafarge Zimbabwe confirmed yesterday that one of its two mills was down. Lafarg...
News - 05 October 2011

Lafarge expands rail transport from Nigerian Ewekoro works

Cement will soon be transported from Lafarge’s Ewekoro works, in Ogun state, Nigeria, to other parts of the country by rail, said the Nigeria Railway Corp’s Managing Director Seyi Sijuwade. This w...
News - 05 October 2011

Lafarge opens R&D lab at Chongquing, China

Lafarge announced the opening of a development laboratory for sustainable construction in Chongqing (China). In addition the group has signed a strategic alliance with Chongqing University. 

Loc...
News - 04 October 2011

Babcock to manage Lafarge plant fleet in UK£50m deal, UK

Babcock International has agreed a 10-year UK£50m deal to manage and maintain heavy mobile equipment in Lafarge’s UK aggregates and cement businesses. The defence and energy giant also said it is...
News - 04 October 2011

Argos completes purchase of Lafarge assets, USA

Colombia’s Cementos Argos has completed the US$76m purchase of a number of cement and ready-mix concrete assets from Lafarge having received approval from American competition authorities and comp...
News - 04 October 2011

NRC commences cement haulage from Ewekoro to Ibadan, Nigeria

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has commenced cement deliveries from Ewekoro, Ogun State to Ibadan, Oyo State for Lafarge Cement Company Plc. 
Presently, about 750t of cement are being tra...
News - 30 September 2011