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Aggregate Industries opens new RMC plant in Birmingham, UK

Aggregate Industries has opened a second ready-mix concrete plant in Birmingham to increase its capacity and meet rapidly-growing demand in and around the UK’s second-largest city. The new, high...
News - 05 July 2023

Khayah Cement boosts capacity to 1Mta

Zimbabwe-based Khayah Cement (previously Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe) has announced that it doubled its milling capacity in 2022. The second half of the year saw the company successfully commission ...
News - 04 July 2023

Aggregate Industries targets cement tanker driver safety

Aggregate Industries and its Lafarge Cement business have partnered with hauliers Simon Gibson Transport and Lomas Distribution to produce a new training package to address a significant industr...
News - 04 July 2023

Lafarge Africa launches Eco Label

Lafarge Africa Plc  (part of Holcim ) has announced the launch of its Eco Label branding to help communicate the environmental benefits of its sustainable building solutions and build on the com...
News - 27 June 2023

Chovet joins World Cement Association

Industrial engineering services company Chovet has the World Cement Association (WCA) as an associate corporate member. Chovet, based in Lyon, France, has been designing and building cement, li...
News - 27 June 2023

Lafarge Algeria increases cement exports in 1H23

Lafarge Algeria ( Holcim ) has announced improved export results for the 1H23. Thanks to the support of the Algerian authorities and close collaboration with its partners, Lafarge Algeria expor...
News - 26 June 2023

France leads European construction slowdown

Financial analysts CIC-Market Solutions (CMS) forecasts a decline in European construction activity, especially in France where new property builds are expected to dip. "The property market, tradi...
News - 23 June 2023

Afrimat acquires Lafarge South Africa Holdings

Lafarge South Africa Holdings (LSA) is being acquired by South Africa-based mining and materials company, Afrimat, The deal includes all the subsidiaries of the LSA Group, which will become part...
News - 22 June 2023

Aggregate Industries welcomes UK's first green bio-fuel cement tanker

Aggregate Industries  (part of Holcim ) has taken delivery of the next generation of cement tanker, fuelled by a green bio-fuel. Marking a UK first, the company has deployed the truck as part of...
News - 20 June 2023

Lafarge Africa appoints new CEO

Mr Lolu Alade-Akinyemi has been appointed group managing director/chief executive officer (GMD/CEO) of Lafarge Africa  (part of Holcim ) with effect from 1 July 2023. Prior to this appointme...
News - 15 June 2023