Bamburi posts first-half pretax profit drop
Bamburi Cement posted a 28 per cent drop in first-half pretax profit to KES2.3bn (US$26.2m) from KES3.2bn a year earlier. The Lafarge group company attributed the decline to ri...
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Mauritius opens LafargeHolcim merger inquiry
The Competition Commission of Mauritius (CCM) has opened an inquiry to determine whether the merger of Holcim and Lafarge will have a negative impact on the competition in the ...
Lafarge & Holcim propose Brazilian divestments
Lafarge and Holcim have published a list of proposed asset disposals to Brazilian Competition authority CADE, as part of efforts to help win regulatory approval for their plann...
Egypt cement volumes hold firm
Egypt’s cement volumes demonstrated resilience over the Jan-May 2014 period with the pricing environment also positive. During the first five months of the year, volumes tot...
STC eyes Holcim Mauritius acquisition
In the latest step towards to completing the LafargeHolcim merger, Holcim Mauritius could become a public-private partnership (PPP) while the State Trading Corporation (STC) co...
Lafarge reiterates 2014 demand growth rate
Lafarge has confirmed its 2014 sales volumes target for the year with an improving US outlook and signs of recovery in Europe, although emerging markets continue to be the main...
Lafarge sells Pakistan cement operations
Lafarge announced the sale of its cement operations in Pakistan for an enterprise value of US$329m to local producer Bestway Cement. Lafarge Pakistan Cement Ltd, in which Lafa...
Gebr Pfeiffer wins Algeria order
Gebr Pfeiffer SE has won a contract to supply a MVR 6700 C-6 cement mill and an MVR 6000 R-6 raw mill for Lafarge’s cement plant near the Algerian town of Biskra. This acqui...
Lafarge Holcim antitrust reviews ‘on-track’
Holcim and Lafarge are in "advanced" discussions with European antitrust regulators over their proposed merger, Bernard Fontana, chief executive of Holcim, told the Wall Street...
Lafarge acquires Kercim grinding plant, France
Lafarge has acquired Ciments Kercim's grinding plant, located in the bulk terminal port of Nantes-Saint-Nazaire, western France. The 0.6Mta Kercim facility, launched in spri...