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Antoine Ducleax new Lafarge Central Europe CEO

Antoine Duclaux is the new CEO of Lafarge Central Europe and heads up the future country cluster of Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia. Until recently, he was Senior Vice Pr...
News - 29 June 2015

Mexico: Elementia plans to raise about US$290m in IPO

Mexican building materials company Elementia plans to raise about MXN4.5bn (US$290m) in its initial public offering next month. A preliminary prospectus detailed that Elementia plans to offer 201...
News - 29 June 2015

Philippines: Pasig City launches new RDF facility

The Pasig City government on Wednesday inaugurated a new refuse-derived fuel facility (RDF) which will supply alternative fuels to local cement plants including those of Lafarge. The collaborati...
News - 26 June 2015

Ujjwal Batria appointed as Lafarge India CEO

Lafarge has appointed Ujjwal Batria as the India CEO effective 22 June 2015. Mr Batria takes over the responsibility from Martin Kriegner who has been appointed future Area Manager Central Europe ...
News - 26 June 2015

Lafarge Africa partners PINE to rebuild North East Nigeria

Lafarge Africa Plc has launched a partnership with the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) on the rehabilitation and rebuilding of the region’s economy following the Boko Haram insur...
News - 23 June 2015

Lafarge opens new Maldives silo

Lafarge has opened a 4000t cement silo in Thilafushi, Maldives, taking total capacity to 9000t. The new facility was opened up by Minister of Economic Development Mohamed Saeed together with repre...
News - 22 June 2015

Bénédicte de Bonnechose is Lafarge France’s new MD

Bénédicte de Bonnechose is Lafarge France’s new managing director, following in the footsteps of Pascal Casanova, who moves to the LafargeHolcim Executive Committee. Since 1993, she has led a va...
News - 19 June 2015

CEMBUREAU elects new President and Vice President

Daniel Gauthier, CEO Western Europe-Africa and Member of the Managing Board of HeidelbergCement, has been elected as President of CEMBUREAU for a two-year term at the Association's General Assembl...
News - 17 June 2015

Lafarge to buy out Baring stake in Indian unit

As part of the implementation in India of its planned merger with Holcim - and subject to its completion - Lafarge has signed an agreement to acquire the 14 per cent stake held by Baring in Lafarg...
News - 16 June 2015

Optimising Filipino grinding

When Lafarge Republic Inc decided to increase capacity of its Teresa and Norzagaray cement plants in the Philippines, it selected the FCB Horomill® to be installed at both plants. With one project...
Articles - 15 June 2015