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In France, Lafarge aims to increase the amount of cement and aggregates that it transports by inland waterways from 4Mt currently to 5Mt by 2015 although this mainly concerns the rivers Seine and R...
Corporate - 30 September 2011

Petron Engineering secures Lafarge India contract

Petron Engineering has secured a INR665m (US$13.6m) contract from Lafarge India for the mechanical erection, electrical and automation installation for its 5000tpd cement plant project at Chittaurg...
News - 28 September 2011

Malawi’s new Njereze plant completes first phase

Cement Products Ltd (CPL) announced it has completed phase I of the US$50m cement plant at Njereze in the lakeshore district of Mangochi, Malawi. CEO Sjoerd Grueter said the facilities would, at...
News - 28 September 2011

Romania’s 1H2011 cement output up 8.1%

Cement production in Romania rose by 8.1% YoY to 3.18Mt in 1H2011. Cement sales increased by 2.4% to 2.95Mt over the same period, according to CIROM, the Romanian association of cement producers. ...
News - 26 September 2011

Cemtech Europe gets underway in Warsaw, Poland

The first day of presentations at Cemtech Europe, the leading cement industry conference and exhibition, began today at the Marriott Hotel, Warsaw, Poland in front of an audience of some 230 inter...
News - 26 September 2011

Lafarge Shui On investment, China

Lafarge Shui On Cement Co Ltd signed a deal on 21 September with the local government of Luquan, Yunnan Province to invest CNY800m into a cement manufacturing project, sources reported. The proje...
News - 23 September 2011

Holcim plant to grow production by 54%, Ecuador

Holcim expects to increase production capacity at its plant in Ecuadorian capital Guayaquil by 54% starting next year. The company will spend US$120mn on expansion work and new machinery to boost...
News - 23 September 2011

Wapco Cement to issue NGN50bn bond

Lafarge Cement Wapco , the Nigerian unit of Lafarge, plans to issue a NGN50bn (US$318m) bond to refinance loans it took to construct a factory aimed at doubling it capacity. Finance director Fred...
News - 22 September 2011

Lafarge vision becomes reality, UK

Lafarge Cement’s vision for the future is starting to take shape at the company’s former cement works at Northfleet in Kent, with a major investment in the reconnection of rail freight facilities ...
News - 21 September 2011

Lafarge employees go on hunger strike to oppose closure, France

Twelve employees of French cement company Lafarge went on hunger strike to oppose the closure of the company’s plant in Frangey, southeastern France. The closure is scheduled for April 2013. Lafa...
News - 21 September 2011