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Emissions row forces Lafarge to suspend investment

Lafarge has suspended 0.1bn (£755m) in new cement plant projects in Europe until it has more details on new European Union CO 2 emissions, according to reports from New Civil Engineer.    Uncertai...
News - 22 February 2008

Azerbaijan demand to increase up to 7Mta

The Azerbaijani government forecasts doubling of cement demand in the country for the medium-term period.     Minister of economic development Heydar Babayev said that the high rate of economic g...
News - 15 February 2008

Hima Cement new plant okayed, Uganda

Hima Cement is to build a second plant when mining in Dura region in Kasese begins in 2010. This follows approval of funds from Lafarge, Hima’s parent company. Lafarge’s offer of $50m (sh85.2b) w...
News - 14 February 2008

Lafarge 2007 net rises 39%; sees 2008 earnings growth

Lafarge SA Thursday reported a better-than-expected 39% rise in 2007 net profit on cost cutting and higher sales and margins, and said it expects earnings growth in 2008 despite weakness in the U....
News - 14 February 2008

Zimbabwe: firms resume cement deliveries

Cement manufacturers have started delivering cement following a review of prices by the National Incomes and Pricing Commission. Pretoria Portland Cement has 1188t stored at Bak Storage in Harare...
News - 13 February 2008

Zimbabwe: firms resume cement deliveries

Cement manufacturers have started delivering cement following a review of prices by the National Incomes and Pricing Commission. Pretoria Portland Cement has 1188t stored at Bak Storage in Harare...
News - 13 February 2008

Serbian Railway Co to enable rail transport for Lafarge Serbian Unit

Serbia’s state railway operator Zeleznica Srbije will invest EUR16m to reconstruct a railroad that would enable the Serbian unit of French construction materials giant  Lafarge, BFC, to transport...
News - 13 February 2008

Lafarge Moldovan unit raises capital to MDL445m

Lafarge Ciment, has raised its capital to 445 million lei (US$39.8m) through a MDL148.3m share issue, the Moldovan Securities Commission CNPF said on Friday.     Subscribers to the issue were 11 ...
News - 11 February 2008

Lafarge expects signal from Azerbaijan for start of geological surveys

Azerbaijan Investment Company and France’s Lafarge have failed to achieve any progress so far on a Baku cement factory project, despite a year has passed after they signed a relevant preliminary p...
News - 11 February 2008

New orders for Scheuch

Over the past few months, Polysius has awarded Scheuch a variety of contracts for global plant installations. Dedusting of the kiln and raw mixture mill at the cement plant in Podilsky, Ukraine w...
News - 11 February 2008