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GBL ready to up Lafarge stake to 20-30 per centGroup Brussel Lambert said Tuesday it was ready to increase its stake in Lafarge to 20-30 per cent over time, a day after the French company announced a deal to buy Egypt’s Orascom Cement. GBL cu...News - 12 December 2007 |
Lafarge to acquire Orascom Construction Industries Cement groupLafarge SA has acquired Egypt’s Orascom Construction Industries Cement group for EUR8.8bn. The purchase will boost Lafarge’s access to the oil-fed construction boom in the Gulf region and the f...News - 10 December 2007 |
Lafarge begins construction of new plant, FranceLafarge has laid the foundation stone of its new clinker grinding plant at the port of Sete, in the Herault region. The factory will cost EUR50m in investment.News - 07 December 2007 |
New company signs cement dealThe man who has declared his interest in taking over a cement plant at Dockyard announced that he had signed distribution agreements with cement companies in France and the Dominican Republic. Cl...News - 06 December 2007 |
Lafarge: Malaysian cement demand to grow 4-5 per cent in next 2-3 yearsLafarge Malayan Cement Bhd is getting ready to focus more on the domestic market as it expects demand - stagnant in recent times - to recover in 2008 and keep growing for the next few years. "Wit...News - 04 December 2007 |
Cameroon: Cimencam welcomes competitionLes Cimenteries du Cameroun, CIMENCAM, has welcomed government’s decision to liberalise the importation of cement. The Minister of Commerce, Luc Magloire Mbarga, had November 22 signed a communiq...News - 04 December 2007 |
Lafarge, Shui On and Yunnan to produce building materialsThe Yunnan province of China has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with France’s Lafarge and Hong Kong’s Shui On Construction and Materials Limited (SOCAM) to develop the building materials...News - 03 December 2007 |
Republic Cement wins bid to acquire quarry operationsRepublic Cement Corp Monday said a consortium it formed with Lafarge Holdings (Philippines) Inc has won the bidding for certain assets and operations of Concrete Aggregates Corp’s (CA) basalt quar...News - 03 December 2007 |
Huaxin halts trading, mulls foreign proposalAccording to China Knowledge Press, Huaxin Cement Company Limited is reportedly considering an investment offer from an overseas company and has stopped stock trading temporarily. The Huangshi-b...News - 03 December 2007 |
Lafarge Malayan Cement posts 77.2% rise in nine month pretax profitLafarge Malayan Cement has registered a 77.2 per cent jump in nine-month pre-tax profit to RM245.713m (US$72.7m) from RM138.688m due to higher domestic and export sales as well as better plant pe...News - 30 November 2007 |