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Locals strongly oppose Himachal plant, India

On June 23 2010, the Chairman of the National Environment Appellate Authority (NEAA) made a visit to the Lafarge Cement and Limestone Mines project site in order to assess the feasibility of the E...
News - 27 June 2010

Fitch affirms Lafarge at ’BBB-’; outlook Negative

Fitch Ratings has affirmed Lafarge’s Long-term Issuer Default (IDR) and senior unsecured ratings at ’BBB-’. The Outlook on the Long-term IDR is Negative. Lafarge’s Short-term IDR has been affirmed...
News - 25 June 2010

Lafarge Retznei plant celebrates 100th anniversary

Lafarge Perlmooser’s Retznei site, situated in the Leibnitz district of Austria, has celebrated its 100th anniversary.   During its anniversary celebrations Lafarge Austria manager Thomas Spannagl...
News - 25 June 2010

Green team visits Lafarge’s Himachal plant site, India

A team of the National Environment Appellate Authority (NEAA) Wednesday visited Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district where a Lafarge plant is being established and heard grievances of the local peopl...
News - 24 June 2010

Lafarge Zambia joins health and safety excellence club

Lafarge Cement Zambia has joined the Health and Safety Excellence Club, becoming the first African country to belong to such an international prestigious club.

 During the induction ceremony of ...
News - 24 June 2010

Global majors in line for India’s Murli Industries – report

Lafarge, CRH and HeidelbergCement are among the parties interested in acquiring Maharashtra cement company Murli Industries Ltd, the Business Standard reported on its website Wednesday, citing two...
News - 23 June 2010

Indonesia: five cement plants make US$646m expansion

Five cement producers are completing new investments worth US$645.6m to bolster production capacity by 11.5 per cent or equivalent to 5.38Mta. The new investment is to bolster national cement pro...
News - 22 June 2010

Chinese plan US$12.5m white cement plant in Lindi

A Chinese firm will construct a US$12.5m cement factory in Lindi, south of Dar es Salaam, starting this September. With a capacity of 300,000tpa, the factory is expected to strengthen Tanzania’s ...
News - 21 June 2010

Court upholds Lafarge antitrust fine

The European Court of Justice confirmed yesterday a fine of EUR 249.6 million (USD308.7m) imposed on French cement maker Lafarge for anticompetitive practices in the plasterboard market. The Eur...
News - 18 June 2010

UK cement downsizes

Following speculation over the fate of Lafarge’s Westbury plant in the UK, the company recently announced plans to decommission and demolish the clinker line, which had been mothballed since Febru...
News - 18 June 2010