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LafargeCement promotes transport safety, Philippines

Lafarge Cement Services (Philippines), Inc., the service provider to cement manufacturers Republic Cement, Iligan Cement and Mindanao Portland Cement, has been a fervent advocate of road safety fo...
News - 22 July 2010

Cement body appoints Lafarge CEO as chair, South Africa

The Association of Cementitious Material Professionals (ACMP) said on Thursday that it had appointed Lafarge Cement South Africa CEO Thierry Legrand as its new chairperson.   The ACMP said in a me...
News - 22 July 2010

PPC Zimbabwe warns public to resist high prices

PPC Zimbabwe has urged customers to resist high prices triggered by a shortage of cement on the market, saying it expected a glut of the product soon once its Bulawayo-based plant is commissioned....
News - 21 July 2010

Votorantim transfers units to Lafarge, Brazil

Lafarge has assumed the complete takeover of cement operations transferred by the Votorantim group as payment for a 17.28% stake in Cimpor. In the wake of that agreement, reached in early Februa...
News - 21 July 2010

Lafarge to build plant in Uzbekistan

Lafarge will build a cement plant with a capacity of 2Mta in the Jizak region (central Uzbekistan), according to the Uzstroymaterialy Joint Stock Company, the project’s customer. Lafarge and Uzst...
News - 16 July 2010

Lafarge raises US$186m from Malaysian unit stake sale

Lafarge has executed the sale of a minority interest of 11.2% in Lafarge Malayan Cement Berhad (LMCB) by way of a placement done on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad. Lafarge keeps the management...
News - 16 July 2010

Lafarge prepares for Iraqi building boom

With its presence firmly established in the Iraqi market, Lafarge looks set to benefit as the country prepares for a building boom.   The Iraqi authorities want to build on a massive scale -- 1 mi...
News - 15 July 2010

USGS – May 2010 preliminary figures

US Geological Survey preliminary estimates indicated that US cement shipments in May 2010 were 1.5% higher than in May 2009. This is a smaller increase than analysts at Jefferies International had ...
News - 15 July 2010

Lafarge Canada Inc low carbon cement

A pilot project announced today by Premier Darrell Dexter will see the Lafarge cement plant become the first in North America to produce a lower-carbon cement. The plant is to receive $670,000 in...
News - 15 July 2010

Lafarge gets US$3m for refurbishment, Zimbabwe

Lafarge’s operations in Zimbabwe have reportedly received US$3m from its parent company, the Lafarge Group, for refurbishment of plant and machinery.

 The Herald Business said managing dire...
News - 14 July 2010