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Lafarge committed to clean environment, Zambia

Lafarge Cement Zambia has committed over US$360,000 on an annual basis for environmental management of their Ndola plant. This is according to the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) report made...
News - 08 June 2010

Lafarge to increase output at Aceh plant, Indonesia

Lafarge is investing around US$300m in the rehabilitation of its plant in Aceh, Indonesia which was destroyed by the tsunami in December 2004, a company spokesperson said. "This year the producti...
News - 08 June 2010

Lafarge Heracles first quarter sales drop

Heracles Group of companies announced today sales of EUR95.0m for the first quarter of 2010, decreasing by 21.4% compared to the same period in 2009. Sales of the company were at EUR82.02m, decrea...
News - 02 June 2010

Bihar demand surges, India

A stable state government, large-scale rural infrastructure activity and increased demand from home builders have transformed Bihar into one of the fastest cement markets in the country.   Cement ...
News - 01 June 2010

Lafarge glass recycling efforts, USA

For the past few years, the University of Montevallo and the city of Montevallo, Alabama, USA, have been offering local residents a green option for disposing their glass refuse. What began as a ...
News - 01 June 2010

Lafarge Hope to burn sewage pellets

Lafarge is proposing to use ’processed sewage pellets’ at Hope Cement Works, between the villages of Hope, Castleton and Bradwell, which already burns unusual items such as chipped rubber tyres an...
News - 31 May 2010

Lafarge

Lafarge's first quarter turnover shrank by 9.7% to €3,276m and the EBITDA was down by 16.9% to €516m, with the running profit falling by 29.6% to €236m. Net interest costs were 21.2% lower at €178m...
Corporate - 31 May 2010

Lafarge raises prices on higher input costs, Philippines

Lafarge Cement has raised prices of cement by PHP8 per bag to PHP211/40kg bag of cement from PHP203 on account of high cost of power and coal, which could trigger a start of a series of price incr...
News - 27 May 2010

Lafarge and Strabag create Central Europe joint venture

Lafarge, the world leader in building materials, and STRABAG, Central and Eastern Europe’s largest construction company, are combining their cement activities in several countries of Central Europ...
News - 26 May 2010

Bangladesh: SC advises conditional clearance for Lafarge

The Supreme Court has advised the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, to consider a conditional clearance to Lafarge, to recommence mining operations in Meghalaya for supply ...
News - 25 May 2010