Lafarge to build new Rio de Janiero works, Brazil
Lafarge announced on Thursday that it is to construct a second cement plant in Rio de Janeiro to better serve expected increases in demand fuelled by the 2014 Wor...
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Fitch Ratings: mixed picture for EMEA companies
Fitch Ratings says 3Q12 results reported by Fitch-rated Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) cement companies, Holcim Ltd ('BBB'/Stable), HeidelbergCement AG ('BB+'/Stable) and...
Lafarge and Anglo American sell UK assets to Mittal
Lafarge and Anglo American agreed to sell UK assets for up to GBP285m, clearing the way for their building materials joint venture, according to Reuters. The sale, to Indian s...
Holcim increases cement price 6.6% in Mauritius
Holcim has announced a rise in its cement prices in Mauritius. Customers will pay MUR211.60, up from the current MUR198, representing an increase of 6.6 per cent. The increase ...
Lafarge 9M12 sales increase, reduces Western Europe outlook
Lafarge reported a sales rise for the third quarter and year-to-date, driven by successful price increases across product lines and by growth in many emerging markets. The comp...
Eagle Material reports second quarter rise in earnings, USA
Eagle Materials has reported continued growth in sales volumes and earnings in the second quarter as revenues rise 22 per cent to US$164.7m. Second quarter sales volumes impro...
Breedon Aggregates withdraws from Tarmac/Lafarge asset bid, UK
Breedon Aggregates, the building materials group, said it has withdrawn from bidding to acquire assets being off-loaded by Lafarge and Tarmac. The two firms have been forced...
Lafarge appoints director of R&D
Carlos Espina has been appointed as Director of Research and Development of the Lafarge Group, with effect from 1 Octbober 2012. Mr Espina was formerly Chief Executive Officer,...
Dunbar Cement Works celebrates safety milestone, UK
The Lafarge cement works at Dunbar, UK has celebrated a safety milestone after achieving a year without a ‘Lost-Time Incident’, where an accident causes an employee or contract...
Lafarge awarded Carbon Trust Standard recertification
Lafarge, has joined an elite set of ‘green' firms to achieve recertification of the Carbon Trust Standard. Only a third of companies have succeeded in regaining the Standard - ...