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Credit Suisse keeps "outperform" rating on Lafarge

Credit Suisse has reiterated its "outperform" rating on Lafarge, as well as the share price target of EUR48, after the company published last week its third-quarter results. According to the brok...
News - 09 November 2010

Lafarge extends deadline of Aquino Museum redesign competition

Lafarge Cement Services (Philippines), Inc. has extended the deadline for the submission of letters of intent for the Aquino Museum Redesign Competition to November 12, 2010. Organised by Lafarge...
News - 08 November 2010

Lafarge’s Meghalaya cement plant hits roadblock

Lafarge’s proposed 1.1Mt greenfield cement plant in limestone-rich Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya has hit a roadblock, with locals opposing it on environmental grounds. This is the company’s second p...
News - 08 November 2010

Lafarge cement sales in Romania down by 18%

Lafarge posted an 18 per cent drop in sales on the Romanian market in the first nine months of this year, according to its quarterly report. The sales declined by 16.4 per cent in volume, while p...
News - 08 November 2010

Syria inviting private investment in state industry

Syria is inviting investors to help revamp the state’s underperforming industrial sector but privatisation is not on the table, the industry minister said. 
The Syrian state owns factories produc...
News - 08 November 2010

Lafarge third-quarter profit slips

Lafarge SA on Friday reported its third-quarter net profit slipped eight per cent amid a sluggish recovery in developed markets. Lafarge said net profit in the three months ended Sept. 30 fell to...
News - 05 November 2010

Ashaka nine-month net profit up, Nigeria

Nigeria’s Ashaka Cement said on Tuesday its pre-tax profit rose 54 per cent to NGN2.73bn (US$18m) in the nine months to September. Turnover at Ashaka, a subsidiary of the world’s biggest cement m...
News - 03 November 2010

Lafarge safety effort helps works scoop award, UK

Lafarge Cement’s Aberthaw Works has received a national safety award. The cement plant was chosen to receive a Certificate of Merit in the Engineering Initiatives category of the Mineral Products...
News - 03 November 2010

Lafarge and Mondi in Jordan joint bagging effort

With an annual volume of 30 million bags, Lafarge Jordan is a key business partner for Mondi. In 2008, Lafarge Jordan reported a higher yearly average bag breakage rate than the limit set in the c...
News - 03 November 2010

Lafarge

In the first nine months of the year, Lafarge's turnover was off by 0.3% to €12,210m and the EBITDA came down by 1.5% to €2,790m. The trading profit declined by 3.6% to €1,911m and net financial ch...
Corporate - 02 November 2010