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Lafarge Slovenia passes inspection

Environmental inspectors, who paid an unannounced visit to the Lafarge Cement plant in Trbovlje on Tuesday, established that the plant operates in line with legislation and its environmental licen...
News - 29 November 2010

Vietnam to face surplus at end-2010

Vietnam is projected to face a cement glut of 3.5Mt of cement this year, the Ministry of Construction said. The country’s cement and clinker exports will be modest at 700,000t in 2010, the Tuoi t...
News - 28 November 2010

How long can French cement prices stay out of line?

French cement prices have a tradition of being among the highest in Europe, if not the highest. Now at in excess of €100/t, they seem to take little account of the falling demand and, in fact, have...
International Cement Review Editor's Blog - 26 November 2010

South Africa: cement sales data resume after ban

The publication of cement and concrete sales statistics, which were banned by the Competition Commission when it launched an investigation into anti-competitive practices in the cement industry, ar...
News - 26 November 2010

Lafarge Canada fined

Lafarge Canada Inc. has been fined $125,000 by the B.C. Provincial Court for an illegal discharge of dust from its plant in Richmond, British Columbia, according to reports from local press. “On...
News - 26 November 2010

Ravena plant files impact statement

The US State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced Lafarge has completed its Draft Environmental Impact Statement for plans to modernise and expand its cement plant at the exist...
News - 25 November 2010

Canada: Lafarge handed hefty fine for cement powder spill

A cement powder spill three years ago in Richmond has wound up costing Lafarge Canada Inc. a fine of US$125,000. The fine was imposed Friday in B.C. Provincial Court as a result of a Feb. 17, 200...
News - 23 November 2010

USA: Ravena project reaches public comment period

More than two years after announcing plans to replace its ageing cement plant, which is the state’s second-largest source of airborne mercury, Lafarge North America has filed a completed applicati...
News - 23 November 2010

Cemex closes on Murli Industries cement business in a US$550m deal

Cemex, the world’s largest building materials supplier and third largest cement producer, is in an advanced stage to buy the cement business of India’s Murli Industries for about US$550m. Citing ...
News - 23 November 2010

New entrants in Kenyan market ring alarm bells

Devki Steel Mills, National Cement, which trades locally as Simba Cement began operations this month while rival Mombasa Cement is concluding the construction of a new clinker plant close to the E...
News - 22 November 2010