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Lafarge Cement bond issue increases dividend prospects, Nigeria

Analysts at Meristem Securities Limited, an investment banking firm, have said that the proposed NGN45bn (US$290m) bond issue by Lafarge Cement WAPCO Nigeria Plc to refinance its medium-term loan ...
News - 13 June 2011

Lafarge inaugurates distribution centre, UAE

Lafarge Emirates Cement inaugurates its first distribution centre in the region, in cooperation with Al Saeed AL Zaabi General Trading. The new centre In Mussaffah Industrial Area in Abu Dhabi was...
News - 13 June 2011

Lafarge WAPCO launches health, safety month, Nigeria

With emphasis on transport safety, Lafarge Cement WAPCO Nigeria Plc, has launched its annual Health and Safety Month in all its three locations including Lagos, Sagamu and Ewekoro. The theme of t...
News - 10 June 2011

South African cement prices set to rise

South African cement prices are set to increase next month despite the continued severe slump in building activity and lower sales volumes. AfriSam said yesterday: “In an effort to shield the co...
News - 09 June 2011

Lafarge wins sustainability champion award, UK

Lafarge Cement has won the British Precast’s Sustainability Champion Award for a record-breaking third year running. The award recognises the important contribution made by Lafarge Cement to the ...
News - 08 June 2011

Lafarge planning new Indonesian plant?

Lafarge plans to build a cement factory in Java, industry minister MS Hidayat said yesterday. Hidayat said Lafarge wants to build a cement factory with a capacity and investment more or less the ...
News - 08 June 2011

Lafarge’s workers protest closures, France

Workers of Lafarge staged a strike yesterday, blocking 10 cement producing plants and four grinding facilities in France. The strike continues today. The staff protests against the announced clos...
News - 08 June 2011

Etex Group may acquire Lafarge gypsum business

According to Bloomberg, Belgium-based Etex Group, may acquire Lafarge’s gypsum business for approximately EUR1000m. Lafarge’s gypsum arm, which employs almost 8000 people in 30 countries, reporte...
News - 07 June 2011

Approval of Argos, Lafarge deal expected by August

Colombia’s largest cement producer, Cementos Argos, expects US authorities to approve its acquisition of US assets from Lafarge by 1 August, the company’s head of communications, Juan Pablo Lema, ...
News - 07 June 2011

Malaysian cement – good prospects for two years ahead

Prospects for the Malaysia cement sector is expected to remain positive for the next two years given the narrowing demand-supply gap in 2011 and the year after. Based on RHB Research Institute Sd...
News - 06 June 2011