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Recession threatens jobs at Lafarge Dunbar, UKLafarge cement works in Dunbar plans to implement short-term lay-offs of staff at times of low demand. Cement bosses stress temporary redundancies would be a "last resort" and the radical measure...News - 29 January 2010 |
USG books US$97m gain on Lafarge settlementHaving lost US$581m at the pre-tax level in 2008, it went on to lose a further US$337m last year and USG expects another ’challenging’ year in 2010. Turnover last year fell by 29.8% to US$3,236m, ...News - 28 January 2010 |
DEP, EPA Settle national air quality action with LafargeThe Department of Environmental Protection has joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in a settlement with Lafarge of North America for air quality violations at its cement manufacturing ...News - 22 January 2010 |
Lafarge Canada Inc. finedLafarge Canada Inc pleaded guilty to a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) that caused the death of a worker. The company was fined $350,000. On August 27, 2008, workers a...News - 21 January 2010 |
Egypt cement price risePrices in Egypt increased between LE15 and LE22 on Wednesday. Suez Group, Egypt’s largest cement producer, raised its prices from LE500 to LE522 per ton in Cairo and to LE542 in the provinces. Me...News - 21 January 2010 |
Lafarge North America receives awardsLafarge North America’s Asphalt and Paving operations recently received five prestigious awards from the National Asphalt Pavement Association, in recognition of their responsible business practic...News - 18 January 2010 |
Lafarge Jordan rises cement pricesJordan Lafarge Cement Factories Company (JCFC) raised cement prices by JOD1,25/t, effective Saturday, January16th, 2010, which brings the pre-ax price per tonne to JOD78, 09, said a statement issu...News - 18 January 2010 |
Lafarge Ravena plant – calls for reductions in mercuryA citizens group formed to cut pollution from the Lafarge cement plant said a proposed first-ever state limit on mercury should be cut by more than half. Comments filed with the state Department ...News - 18 January 2010 |
Coal waste can be safely recycledThe US Environmental Protection Agency’s chief challenged criticism that a pending coal-waste proposal would damage the building-materials industry, saying Thursday that the waste produced by coal-...News - 17 January 2010 |
Camargo Correa: no deal with LafargeCamargo Correa, which has offered to buy a minority stake in Portugal’s cement maker Cimpor on Thursday denied media reports that it was in talks with Lafarge to buy its 17 per cent Cimpor stake. ...News - 15 January 2010 |