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Lafarge Mauritius raises cement price by 7%

06 February 2013, Published under Cement News

Lafarge Cement Mauritius Ltd has announced it will raise the price of a 50kg bag of cement following Holcim's move to increase prices by six per cent at the start of this year. Lafarge said it was raise prices from MUR170/bag (US$5.55) to MUR182 (US$5.94) on Monday. The company said the price increase was necessary due to a number of factors. Import, insurance and freight costs have risen by around 6.7 per cent and other costs have been subject to inflationary increases, says the cemen...