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Leading calcium aluminates producer on the block

Materis, the specialist construction products group created by Lafarge in 2001 to help finance the acquisition of Blue Circle industries, looks likely to change hands for the third time in the less...
News - 06 January 2006

Lafarge Malayan Cement buys back 6.16M shares

Lafarge Malayan Cement Bhd said it bought back 6.16 million of its own shares at prices ranging from MYR0.605 to MYR0.62 each for a total of MYR3.8m yesterday. In a statement, the cement maker said...
News - 05 January 2006

Wendel in talks to buy Materis for more than EUR2bn

French holding company Wendel Investissement is in talks to buy specialty materials maker Groupe Materis for more than EUR2bn, local press reported.    Last month Eurazeo announced a period of exc...
News - 05 January 2006

British Cement Association: Compliance with new waste incineration directive

All four members of the British Cement Association – Buxton Lime Industries, Castle Cement, Cemex UK and Lafarge UK – fully comply with the Waste Incineration Directive (WID) which came into force...
News - 05 January 2006

Lafarge confirms update at Chilanga

Lafarge, the holding company for Chilanga Cement Plc, plans to spend Euro 85m in setting up a new cement line at its Lusaka facilities in Zambia. With a 750,000tpa capacity, the plant is set to be...
News - 04 January 2006

Cemento Melón submits new plant for approval

Chile’s Cemento Melón group, controlled by France’s Lafarge, has submitted to the national environmental commission (Conama) an environmental impact study (EIS) for its new cement milling plant in...
News - 04 January 2006

Mexican cement production increases

Cement production in Mexico rose by 3.35 per cent in the first 10 months of this year, according to preliminary figures released by the national cement chamber (Canacem). Production in the country,...
News - 28 December 2005

New advertising account for O&M Kolkata

O&M Kolkata has won the creative account of Lafarge Cement in India. The incumbent agency was Bates, Kolkata. This account, which is a full service assignment, would be a sizeable win for O&M Kolk...
News - 28 December 2005

Co-Management will help advance socialism in Venezuela

Hugo Chavez, Venezuela’s president is moving his socialist agenda into a new phase by turning some expropriated companies into government-financed operations, jointly run by the state and worker co...
News - 28 December 2005

Foreign cement groups evaluate Russian investments

Foreign cement groups evaluate Russian investments Recently, foreigh investors are reported to be looking closely at the Russian construction sectors with some announcing their plans to bu...
News - 26 December 2005