Cement News tagged under: LafargeHolcim
LafargeHolcim CEO resigns24 April 2017, Published under Cement NewsLafargeHolcim’s Board of Directors today announced it has accepted the resignation of Eric Olsen, CEO of LafargeHolcim. Eric Olsen will leave on 15 July 2017, two years after taking up the CEO role and assuming responsibility for successfully implementing the merger of Lafarge and Holcim. “Eric Olsen is a leader who brought together two companies to create one genuinely global champion. We are very grateful to him for his efforts,” said Beat Hess, Chairman of the Board of Directors. The a... |
ACC 1Q sales volumes up 4%24 April 2017, Published under Cement NewsACC, part of the LafargeHolcim group, reported a four per cent rise in sales volumes for the first quarter of 2017 to 6.6Mt from 6.36Mt a year earlier. The company noted that the rise in volumes came as the impact of the country’s demonetisation move declined and benefits were delivered from ACC’s ongoing customer excellence initiatives and higher sales from the expanded capacity at Jamul and Sindri plant. Two new products were launched in February 2017, ACC Suraksha and ACC HPC (High P... |
Morocco: LafargeHolcim to open Laâyoune grinding unit21 April 2017, Published under Cement NewsLafargeHolcim is preparing to inaugurate its first cement grinding unit in Laâyoune, southern Morocco. The new facility is expected to support the development of the entire south of the country as it supplies cement to major infrastructure and housing projects. HeidelbergCement subsidiary Ciments du Maroc already operates a 0.25Mta grinding works in the area. The company has the option to double its capacity when required. In addition, Anouar Invest has announced plans to build a 0... |
Côte d'Ivoire: LafargeHolcim plans to double output potential from May20 April 2017, Published under Cement NewsAs of May, LafargeHolcim intends to double its production capacity in Côte d’Ivoire to 2Mta. The expansion will primarily be the result of a new crusher with a capacity of 1Mta, which is currently being installed. "Lafarge Holcim CI is now, more than ever, organised to meet the increasing demand of the market. The construction of our new crusher will be completed within a month. It's a big investment that will allow us to produce an additional million tonnes of cement incrementally, st... |
Patrick Kron to be elected to LafargeHolcim board11 April 2017, Published under Cement NewsLafargeHolcim will propose the election of Patrick Kron as a board member to its general meeting on 3 May. "We are delighted to be able to nominate Patrick Kron, who is an experienced management personality with extensive experience in the transformation of industrial companies," said LafargeHolcim President Beat Hess in the announcement. Mr Kron was formerly head of the industrial group Alstom. Philippe Dauman and Alexander Gut are not available for re-election. |
Who will gain from French construction boom?07 April 2017, Published under Cement NewsAnalysts have been optimistic about the prospects of the French construction market during 2017. The Federation Francaise de Batiment reports that the recovery is underway, while French market analyst CM-CIC has revised its growth forecast for construction spending up to 3.3 per cent in 2017. But will the mood change after the French elections in May? Much of the demand for the construction sector has come from the improving French housing market, which has been on the rebound si... |
Poland: Beumer wins elevator order for LafargeHolcim plant07 April 2017, Published under Cement NewsBeumer Group will deliver four high-capacity belt bucket elevators to a LafargeHolcim cement plant in Poland. As a general contractor, the steelworks company Mostostal Kraków SA has entrusted Beumer Group with the delivery of four high-capacity belt bucket elevators to LafargeHolcim Ltd's Kujawy cement plant. These systems are part of a project to improve the production and the quality of cement blends. Mostostal Kraków SA will provide the Kujawy works with cement silos as well as the corr... |
Positive outlook for 2017 despite rising energy costs06 April 2017, Published under Cement NewsLafargeHolcim, HeidelbergCement and CRH are optimistic about their global outlook in 2017, despite the challenge presented by rising energy costs. Positive output forecasts in developing markets such as India as well as Europe are expected to support demand for petcoke and other solid fuels. Ireland-based CRH said in its 4Q16 earnings call that it expects energy prices to increase this year. Around 60 per cent of its cement-related fuel requirements, which includes petcoke, coal and bi... |
LafargeHolcim opens Construction Development Lab in Morocco31 March 2017, Published under Cement NewsLafargeHolcim has opened a new Construction Development Lab (CDL) in the Moroccan city of Casablanca. The laboratory, the firm’s eighth, joins those in Algeria, Argentina, China, France, India, Malaysia and Mexico and will specialise in developing construction solutions adapted to the particular needs of the local and wider African markets. The CDL will employ 50 engineers, architects and technicians and will also work to develop partnerships with star-tups and higher education institu... |
Paris council to stop LafargeHolcim orders over Trump wall supply offer30 March 2017, Published under Cement NewsThe city of Paris has criticised LafargeHolcim for its willingness to supply material for the wall that US President Donald Trump plans to build along the Mexican border. The French capital’s governing council voted on Tuesday to stop working with the world’s biggest cement maker for as long as the company won’t respect the city’s ethical standards, a spokeswoman said by phone on Wednesday. It will start by ending a longstanding arrangement to take sand from LafargeHolcim for artificial be... |