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Lafarge wins UK awardLafarge Cement UK, which owns Cauldon Works at Cauldon Low, near Leek, received a ‘Big Tick Award’ in Business in the Community’s Awards for Excellence. Lafarge’s entry to the awards, Cementing Co...News - 30 November 2005 |
Greek cement firm Heracles 9-month net upGreek cement company Heracles, majority-owned by France’s Lafarge, reported an 85 per cent rise in nine-month net profit to Euro 86.2m on Tuesday. Third-quarter net profit rose by 215 per cent to E...News - 30 November 2005 |
CP Cimento sale likelyCP Cimento is now reportedly up for sale. The indebted and loss-making cement maker is Brazil’s seventh largest with a five per cent market share and operates four plants in the populous South-east...News - 29 November 2005 |
Cemento Melón plans investment for 2006Chilean cement company Cemento Melón, which is owned by Lafarge,has plans to invest some US$12m in 2006, newspaper La Segunda quoted the company’s finance director Joao Pereira as saying. From the...News - 29 November 2005 |
Ontario cement plant to burn tiresThe Lafarge cement plant in Bath, Ontario will be permitted to burn scrap tires as well as garbage such as cellulose, plastics and bone meal, in a $10-million tire and waste-burning facility west ...News - 28 November 2005 |
Lafarge to build plant in BordeauxLafarge Ciments, the cement division of the eponymous French building materials group, is to invest more than 20m euros in its new slag-crushing plant in the industrial zone of the port of Bordeau...News - 28 November 2005 |
Lafarge and Boral begin Vietnam plantLafarge, the French cement company, has begun construction of a plasterboard production unit in Vietnam, in collaboration with Australian building materials group Boral, for investments of US$13m.News - 25 November 2005 |
UK cement industry on right enviro trackThe British Cement Association (BCA) has welcomed the publication of the Environment Agency’s sector plan for the cement industry. The sector plan is an important component of the cement sector’s ...News - 25 November 2005 |
Lafarge buys back EUR80M Of Its Own Convertible BondsLafarge SA (LR) said it has bought back EUR80m in convertible bonds, or 6.15% of a total EUR1.3bn bond launched in June 2001. The bonds mature on Jan. 1, 2006, Lafarge said in a statement. Lafarge...News - 21 November 2005 |
BPB board agrees to £3.9bn dealBritish plasterboard maker BPB was last night recommended a 775p-a-share offer from French suitor Saint Gobain. The £3.9billion deal will mark the end of an increasingly hostile and bitter bid bat...News - 18 November 2005 |