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Holcim collaborates with authorities over Lafarge SA case

Holcim is continuing to collaborate with the French judicial authorities, which interviewed a representative of Lafarge SA on 29 November 2021, for the second time since 2018, according to a press...
News - 03 December 2021

Lafarge Algeria hits 2Mt export record

Lafarge Algeria, part of the Holcim group, has exported 2Mta of cement and clinker for the first time, according to a company press release. The company achieved the volume less than five years af...
News - 03 November 2021

Lafarge Zambia reduces cement price by 5-10%

Lafarge Zambia has reduced the price of cement by 5-10 per cent from 30 October 2021. The price reduction was said to be inevitable due to the appreciation of the kwacha against other major conver...
News - 03 November 2021

Roof collapse at Lafarge Zimbabwe may impact performance

Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe has announced that a roof collapse at one of its cement mills is expected to have a negative impact on the group’s overall business performance in the final quarter of 2021...
News - 28 October 2021

Cem'In'Eu awarded damages in competition lawsuit

The Saint-Nazaire Commercial Court, France, has dismissed all of LafargeHolcim's claims that Cem'In'Eu had been acted unfairly in competition following a claim made in July 2019. The judgeme...
News - 08 October 2021

Lafarge Mauritius and Kolos reduce cement price

After Mauritius-based cement importer Kolos Cement Ltd dropped its retail price for Eco Plus cement from MUR143.84/bag (US$3.37/bag) to MUR135.84, Lafarge Mauritius has announced a decrease in the...
News - 30 September 2021

Wartsila extends O&M agreement with Lafarge Africa

Wärtsilä has signed a five-year Operation & Maintenance (O&M) agreement with Nigeria's Lafarge Africa Plc. The agreement covers the 100MW Lafarge Ewekoro power plant and is an extension of a previ...
News - 29 September 2021

Europe: invest, divest, assess

ICR looks at how economies have fared across western, central and eastern Europe over 2020-21, and what action Europe’s leading cement producers are taking to not only recover from the pandemic bu...
Articles - 27 September 2021

Has Egypt's cement sector turned the corner?

Egypt's cement sector has been battling against the economic tide for a considerable time as overcapacity, the end of energy subsidies and low cement demand has pushed some producers to the edge o...
News - 24 September 2021

Lafarge Poland's Malogoszcz plant modernisation set to begin

The foundation stone for Lafarge Poland's Małogoszcz plant modernisation has been ceremonially laid, which signals the beginning of construction of a new rotary kiln. Małogoszcz is expected to ...
News - 23 September 2021