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NY clears Lafarge as a mercury source

The New York State Department of Health has ruled out Lafarge as mercury source. On 27 June it sent letters notifying 12 of the 172 people who had undergone testing by the Harvard School of Publ...
News - 25 August 2011

Bamburi pretax profit rises 22%, Kenya

Bamburi Cement Co, the Kenyan unit of Lafarge, said first-half pretax profit advanced 22 per cent from a year earlier. Pretax earnings in the six months through June rose to KES4.3bn (US$47m), t...
News - 24 August 2011

Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe’s increased output

Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe says it plans to produce 280,000t of cement this year despite encountering a major plant breakdown in June. Following the introduction of multiple currencies in 2009, Zimba...
News - 24 August 2011

Deepak Parekh appointed to Lafarge India’s advisory board

Deepak Parekh, Chairman, HDFC, has been inducted on the Lafarge’s International Advisory Board. Consequently, he stepped down as Non-Executive Chairman of Lafarge India. Mr Isidoro Miranda, Ex...
News - 18 August 2011

Lafarge divestment of gypsum business in Asia

Lafarge agreed with Boral to sell them its stake in their common Asian Gypsum joint-venture LBGA (Lafarge Boral Gypsum Asia) for €429m (representing the enterprise value of Lafarge’s 50%-stake in ...
News - 17 August 2011

Court orders review for Lafarge environmental clearance, India

The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Friday set aside an order of the National Environment Appellate Authority (NEAA), which had quashed the environment clearance for a proposed cement plant to be s...
News - 15 August 2011

Lafarge Zambia sales up 35%

Lafarge Cement Zambia sales volume has risen by 32 per cent  over the first-half of this year, driven by the booming construction and mining industries in the country. Apart from the rise in sale...
News - 12 August 2011

CRH increases its financial flexibility

The arbitration tribunal to which CRH and Semapa took their dispute has ruled that Semapa was within its rights to demand the exercise of a call option on the 49% stake that CRH holds in the Portu...
News - 12 August 2011

Aberthaw Works plans to increase SRF usage, UK

Plans to burn used tyres and plastics for energy at the Aberthaw Cement Works in South Wales industrial plant have been submitted to the Environment Agency for approval. The proposal comes six ye...
News - 09 August 2011

Moody’s downgrades Lafarge, outlook stable

Credit rating agency Moody’s downgraded on Friday the long-term senior unsecured ratings of Lafarge to Ba1 from Baa3. The change comes after earlier this week Moody’s placed Lafarge’s rating unde...
News - 08 August 2011