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Lafarge Africa to sell 35% stake in Ghana operations

Following an emergency meeting of its Board of Directors, LafargeHolcim-owned Lafarge Africa Plc reached an agreement to offload its 35 per cent holding in Ghana-based Continental Blue Investment ...
News - 25 January 2021

Lafarge Canada's Richmond plant completes phase II of Project CO2MENT

Lafarge Canada Inc (LafargeHoldim group), Svante Inc and Total SA have reached a major milestone of project CO 2 MENT , a first of its kind partnership to capture industrial levels of CO 2 emis...
News - 22 January 2021

Nigeria: search for new markets

While Nigerian cement volumes rose sharply in the 3Q20 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, there is limited room for strong volume and price growth. For the oligopolistic domestic cement industry, competi...
Articles - 19 January 2021

Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe diversifies product range

Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe (LafargeHolcim group) has completed crucial test runs on a multi-million-dollar dry mortar plant as it aims to turn into a multi-product operation. Lafarge has also ente...
News - 15 January 2021

Canada’s low-carbon transition

While the coronavirus pandemic has impacted cement demand in Canada, the country’s cement industry continues to work towards a low-carbon cement sector. ICR speaks with Adam Auer, environment and...
Articles - 14 January 2021

Mfamosing plant is presented with MANCAP product quality certificates

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has presented the Mandatory Conformity Assessment Programme (MANCAP) product quality certificates to Lafarge Africa Plc, Nigeria's operations.   Th...
News - 30 December 2020

Safety ambitions for the next decade

Safety had always been a priority, but as of 2001, the industry set about developing common metrics and sharing of safety best practice. This led to demonstrable yearly improvement in safety perfo...
Articles - 14 December 2020

Lafarge Zementwerke orders A TEC Flash Dryer for Mannersdorf

Lafarge Zementwerke GmbH awarded A TEC the contract for the implementation of the Flash Dryer to be installed at its 1.1Mta Mannersdorf plant in Austria. The dryer will help the plant to reduce th...
News - 24 November 2020

Lafarge Zimbabwe records improvement in 3Q20

Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe has stated that the gradual easing of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions and a general improvement in the business environment has supported a rebound for the company in the th...
News - 18 November 2020

PPC settles cement cartel case

PPC has reached a settlement agreement with South Africa’s Competition Tribunal on the cement cartel case, bringing the 12-year matter to a close, reports Business Weekly. The agreement comes af...
News - 16 November 2020