Positive outlook for 2017 despite rising energy costs
LafargeHolcim, HeidelbergCement and CRH are optimistic about their global outlook in 2017, despite the challenge presented by rising energy costs.
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LafargeHolcim opens Construction Development Lab in Morocco
LafargeHolcim has opened a new Construction Development Lab (CDL) in the Moroccan city of Casablanca.
Paris council to stop LafargeHolcim orders over Trump wall supply offer
The 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.
Cameroon: LafargeHolcim launches construction of EUR42.6m cement plant
LafargeHolcim Maroc Afrique has launched construction of a new 0.5Mta plant in the Cameroonian locality of Nomayos, near Yaoundé. The new project required a total investment of ...
LafargeHolcim establishes new European Works Council
LafargeHolcim and employee representatives in Europe have renewed their commitment to social dialogue by establishing the new European Works Council (EWC). The EWC will enable r...
Supplying Georgia Premium
A new plant has been launched by Georgian Cement Company (GCC) in partnership with LafargeHolcim. ICR spoke with Merab Chikhradze, founder of GCC, to find out the latest develop...
Kenya: Bamburi Cement profits flat for 2016
LafargeHolcim subsidiary Bamburi Cement earned KES5.89bn (US$57.4m) in after tax profits in 2016, up just 0.3 per cent on the previous year, reports the Star newspaper.
China: order and growth Premium
Following a drop in apparent cement consumption in 2015, China’s cement industry has been destocking ever since. As a result, the country’s cement market has started 2017 on a p...
LafargeHolcim admits making ‘unacceptable’ payments to Syrian armed groups
LafargeHolcim has released details of an internal investigation into the conduct of its employees running the Jalabiya cement works up to 2014. The investigation was launched in...
LafargeHolcim's net profits double YoY in 2016
LafargeHolcim saw its net profit double on an annual basis to CHF1.9bn for 2016 (US$1.87bn), against CHF970m a year earlier.