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House opens probe on cement ‘cartel’Noting an urgent need to come up with a strong competition policy or anti-trust law, the House committee on trade and industry in teh Philippines will start hearing today on the issue of cement ca...News - 17 November 2008 |
Holcim to close plants after 3Q net profit falls 23%Holcim Ltd Wednesday became the latest cement and building materials company to lower production in response to a severe downturn in construction markets, as it also reported a 23% fall in third-q...News - 12 November 2008 |
Malawi cement producer train buildersAccording to local press reports, Lafarge Cement Malawi, has said there is need to equip artisans, builders and masons with vocational skills in order to improve the quality of structures that are...News - 10 November 2008 |
Lafarge WAPCO records N32bn Q3 turnoverDespite the harsh operating environment in recent times, Lafarge WAPCO Plc, within the first nine months of this year, grew its turnover by nine per cent to close the third quarter with N31.9 bill...News - 10 November 2008 |
Lafarge defers 18Mt of planned new capacityHelped by the acquisition of Orascom, Lafarge generated a turnover 8.3% higher at EUR14,386m in the first nine months of the year and the EBITDA improved by 14.2% to EUR3,579m, with a similar perc...News - 07 November 2008 |
Lafarge may be next to trim global expansion plansAccording to a report by Bloomberg, Lafarge may be the next cement maker to scale back global expansion plans as the US construction slump spreads to markets from Russia to China. Lafarge’s inte...News - 06 November 2008 |
Regulators raid Holcim, Lafarge, CemexRegulators launched a dawn raid on the offices of Europe’s biggest cement producers yesterday as Brussels embarked on a new inquiry into industry practices. Lafarge confirmed that its cement busi...News - 05 November 2008 |
Lafarge, waste managment in deal, USOfficials from the Waste Management landfill and the Lafarge cement plant have signed an agreement to use piped-in methane gas from the landfill to aid the cement-making process. The plan could s...News - 04 November 2008 |
Chilean firms post drop in first nine monthsBío Bío, Polpaico and Lafarge - reported a decrease in profits in the first nine months of 2008 compared to the same year-ago period, according to separate reports filed with the country’s securit...News - 04 November 2008 |
Lafarge withdraws from ItalyReducing its debt levels, Lafarge is selling its cement, aggregates and ready-mixed concrete activities in Italy to SACCI, a cement producer in which the Paris-based group at one stage used to hol...News - 04 November 2008 |