Lafarge and Holcim merger 'on track', set to request EU approval
Lafarge and Holcim are about to request approval from the European Commission for their planned merger, Lafarge Chief Executive Bruno Lafont told reporters on Thursday. "We ar...
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Industry majors reportedly teaming up for LH asset disposals
CRH is reportedly teaming up with Cemex to bid for all the assets that Lafarge SA and Holcim Ltd will have to sell to secure the approval of European competition authorities fo...
SA watchdog puts condition on merger approval
The Competition Commission of South Africa has consented to the merger of Holcim and Lafarge SA on condition that Holcim divests of the shareholding in Afrisam within three ye...
Holcim Vietnam plant to take toxic oil
Authorities in Vietnam’s northern province of Quang Ninh will remove 7000l of toxic oil from the edge of the Ha Long Bay and dispose of it at Holcim's cement plant in Mekong De...
Venezuela: final compensation installment delayed
Holcim is yet to receive the last compensation installment in connection with the nationalisation of Holcim Venezuela in 2008, the company said in a statement today. Corporaci...
Holcim considers next move after court rejects carbon theft lawsuit
Holcim is considering its options after the European Court of Justice (ECJ) dismissed its lawsuit against the European Commission over the theft of 1.6m emissions allowances in...
Alain Bourguignon, Marc Soule join Holcim's asset sale committee
Holcim, which is set to merge with French peer Lafarge in 2015, has named Alain Bourguignon and Marc Soule members of the asset sale committee. Bourguignon was so far in char...
Texas cement shipments in August up 15.2%
August cement shipments in the US state of Texas advanced 15.2 per cent than in the same period of 2013, according to the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. Holcim saw it...
Holcim changes in senior management
Urs Bleisch, Corporate Functional Manager and member of Senior Management of Holcim Ltd, has been nominated member of the Holcim Executive Committee. He will keep his current r...
UK: Votorantim interest in Tarmac
Votorantim is understood to be planning a bid for a package of businesses being offloaded by Holcim and Lafarge, in an effort to seal a GBP32bn mega-merger that would include ...