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Lafarge Invention Awards – European results

Three projects from France, Poland and Serbia were recognised for the quality of their work by an international panel of judges chaired by Bruno Lafont, Chairman and CEO of Lafarge. The winners rec...
News - 06 January 2011

New UK order for Cemengal

Spanish-based Cemengal, has been awarded a turnkey contract by Lafarge UK for a new Pulverized Fly Ash (PFA) transport and dosing systems for its Hope Works Plant, United Kingdom. The objective o...
News - 04 January 2011

Harvard University to present results on Lafarge unit, USA

Harvard University experts will on Thursday present results from the first independent study of the Lafarge cement plant’s effects on the community’s health. In May, researchers from the Harvard ...
News - 04 January 2011

Strike affects cement movements

Truck drivers in several governorates throughout Egypt continued their labour strike into its 19th consecutive day on Monday 27 December. Strikers have reportedly prevented other truck drivers fr...
News - 30 December 2010

Rail upgrade prompts cement shipments

The Nigerian Railways Corporation (NRC), in partnership with Larfage Cement Nigeria, has commenced cement haulage from its plant at Ewekoro to depots in Ijoko, Ogun and Agege, Lagos State on 23 De...
News - 30 December 2010

New Philippine cement plant inaugurated

Eagle Cement Corp (ECC) has started commercial operations of its P6.73-billion Bulacan plant this month and is in place to augment cement supply in time for the peak of the construction season. Th...
News - 29 December 2010

Lafarge sells aggregate and ready-mix assets

Lafarge has announced two disposals totaling circa €120 million, as part of its 2010 divestment plan. Lafarge has disposed of the integrality of its Aggregates & Concrete business in Portugal (29 ...
News - 28 December 2010

Holcim acquires aggregate and ready-mix operations

Holcim has acquired several aggregates and gravel operations and ready-mix concrete plants in Switzerland and France. Holcim, together with a French partner, Eiffage Travaux Publics, has purchased...
News - 28 December 2010

Maybank upgrades Lafarge Malayan Cement to buy

Lafarge Malayan Cement (LMC) has outperformed its cement and steel peers by 3% and 11% year-to-date (YTD) respectively and the stock now trades at 15.4 times 2012 earnings, which we expect to be a...
News - 23 December 2010

Lafarge

Planning hearings before the US authorities are currently taking place with regard to the complete rebuild of the Ravena works, raising the capacity from the current 1.7m tonnes to 2.8m tonnes per ...
Corporate - 21 December 2010