Lafarge 3Q net profit steady, announces new cost reduction and innovation targets
Lafarge reported a slight increase in the third-quarter profit with on the back of reduction initiatives, despite sales being impacted by negative currency movements.
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Vicat sees growth in Asia and in the USA
Vicat's turnover for the first nine months of the year improved by a modest 0.6 per cent to EUR1740m, which represents an underlying advance of 3.2 per cent. The gearing level i...
Holcim ceases production at Dannes
Nine months after stopping the kiln at Dannes, France, Holcim officially ceased production at the plant on 30 September. Staff have been partly transferred to Lumbres, Dunkerque...
New Kercim plant to be built in Le Havre, France
Kercim, which opened a cement plant in Loire-Montoir last February, will start construction of a new works in Le Havre in early 2014.
Vicat advances in Turkey and Kazakhstan
Vicat's first-half turnover increased by 1.7 per cent to EUR1147.7m, which amounts to a 3.2 per cent improvement on a comparative basis as the France-based cement producer made ...
Lafarge trims market growth outlook, debt reduction goal on track
Lafarge reported a marked rise in 2Q net profit although consolidated sales declined. The company has now trimmed its forecast for cement market growth this year but confirmed i...
Vicat starts production tests for new cement type
France-based cement producer Vicat has started testing to produce a new low-carbon cement, Alpenat, on an industrial scale in its Créchy dans L’Allier factory. After several yea...
A TEC supplies fuel system to Ciments Calcia, France
A TEC GRECO, specialists in combustion engineering, is to supply Ciments Calcia (part of the Italcementi Group) with a natural gas modification kit to be be implemented at its C...
Cement demand in Belgium falls 2.2% while imports rise
Cement demand in Belgium declined 2.2 per cent to 6.41Mt but this decrease was well below the European average decline of 18.8 per cent, according to Belgian cement association ...
Lafarge sales down on 1Q weather effect, confirms 2013 goals
Lafarge reported a six per cent decline in sales in the three months to the end of March as it was impacted by harsh winter weather conditions and production issues in Algeria a...