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Grasim, Lafarge in race for UP cement unit

Grasim and Lafarge are apparently set to compete for the assets of the UP State Cement Corporation (UPSCCL). They have competed earlier also, the only difference being that this time they are not ...
News - 18 November 2005

CP Cimento mulls partial sale

Brazil’s seventh largest cement producer, CP Cimento has hired investment bank Goldman Sachs to find a buyer for part of its business, newspaper Valor Econômico reported. The reason behind the dec...
News - 17 November 2005

China seeks cleaner, more efficient forms of energy

China is seeking cleaner and more efficient forms of energy as soaring oil and coal consumption poses an increasing threat to the environment and surging prices threaten to undermine economic grow...
News - 16 November 2005

More on the Lafarge jv China

Lafarge Shui On Cement, which is 55 per cent owned by the Paris-based group and was formed with the local Shui On Construction And Materials Ltd. (SOCAM) group in late summer, is acquiring Shuangma...
News - 15 November 2005

Cement Industry on track to achieve environmental objectives

The British Cement Association (BCA) has today (15 November 2005) welcomed the publication of the Environment Agency’s sector plan for the cement industry. The sector plan is an important componen...
News - 15 November 2005

Lafarge, Shui confirm new joint venture

Lafarge and Shui On Construction And Materials Limited, the top cement producer in southwest China, have formed a joint venture partnership to merge their cement operations in China. The joint ven...
News - 14 November 2005

Cement firms ’must cut CO2 emissions’

UK cement producers unveiled a report on how the industry must change to help reduce its environmental and socio-economic impact last week.  The report by the sustainability task force set up by i...
News - 11 November 2005

Lafarge sets price guidance on euro bond -banker

Lafarge has set price guidance on its planned EUR500m (US$586.9m) bond due March 2016, a banker familiar with the deal said on Wednesday.  The bond will be priced later this week to yield "low 70s...
News - 10 November 2005

New production line of Lafarge Cement operational in Chongqing

The second new-process production line of the Chongqing Lafarge Cement Co Ltd started operation in Southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality on November 8.     With total investment of USD40m, the ...
News - 09 November 2005

Lafarge buys out another importer

Lafarge has further consolidated its leading position in the British cement market, albeit in a small way, by acquiring the Kent-based importer The Port Land Cement Company from its founder Robert...
News - 09 November 2005