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Calcined clays: making a global impact

This week FLSmidth announced that it would be supporting the largest calcined clay installation in the world in Ghana for CBI Ghana at its Accra plant. It is a good time to look at how many of the...
News - 01 April 2022

Lafarge Algeria exports 0.9Mt in 1Q22

Holcim -owned Lafarge Algérie has exported nearly 0.9Mta of cement and clinker in the first quarter of 2022. The volume represents an 87 per cent rise when compared with the 1Q21, when 482,000t...
News - 01 April 2022

Lafarge's Richmond plant to focus solely on OneCem production

Marking a big shift in helping to reduce CO 2 emissions in construction across western Canada, Lafarge (Holcim group) has announced that its Richmond plant will manufacture only OneCem, the compa...
News - 31 March 2022

Lafarge France invests EUR46m to reduce carbon emissions

To produce cements with a reduced carbon impact in its plants in Saint-Pierre-la-Cour (Mayenne) and Bouc-Bel-Air (Bouches-du-Rhône), Lafarge France (Holcim group) will invest EUR46m. Thes...
News - 16 March 2022

Dangote: powerhouse of Africa and Nigeria

Through the use of financial ratio analysis, this month’s Technical Forum examines how Dangote Cement – the powerhouse of Africa and Nigeria – has managed to achieve a strong and sustained financi...
Articles - 08 March 2022

Lafarge Canada's Point Anne Quarry wins OSSGA Award

Lafarge Canada 's Point Anne Quarry in Thurlow has received the 2021 Progressive Rehabilitation Award from the Ontario Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (OSSGA). The award, which was presented ...
News - 08 March 2022

Lafarge Algeria aims to export 3Mt

Holcim -owned Lafarge Algérie has carried out two more export shipments from the port of Oran, Algeria. A cargo of 35,000t of bulk grey cement and a 30,000t shipment of white cement in big bags...
News - 23 February 2022

Algerian trucker dispute threatens clinker exports

Following the decision of the Algerian authorities to strictly apply the laws of overloading trucks, the transport sector has responded with a call for higher transport rates, a truckers’ strike a...
News - 18 February 2022

Lafarge Canada Inc orders wind power plant for Exshaw works

Lafarge Canada Inc (Holcim group) has entered into a purchase power agreement (PPA) with Calgary-based electricity company, TransAlta Corp (TransAlta) for a   100GWh/year of wind power (electrici...
News - 10 February 2022

Strabag wins contractor order for Malogoszcz modernistion project

Lafarge (Holcim group) cement plant in Małogoszcz has appointed Strabag company is the contractor for the modernisation of its new clinker line. The scope of works by Strabag includes: con...
News - 10 February 2022