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Lafarge WAPCO Doubles Production Capacity

Lafarge WAPCO Cement yesterday said it intends to double its production capacity by 2.2Mta. Its Project Director, Mr Guy Chaperon, said this yesterday at the foundation laying ceremony of Lafarge...
News - 19 February 2009

Cement factories firms up sale

Jordan Lafarge Cement Factories Company (JCFC) generated JD49.3m profit in 2008, about the same level it posted in the previous year. The company said in a statement that despite a four per cent ...
News - 18 February 2009

Nigeria: Federal Government turns down request for cement import ban

The Federal Government, on Monday, turned down a request by the Cement Manufacturers Association of Nigeria to ban the importation of cement into the country. It will be reacalled that the Federa...
News - 17 February 2009

Lafarge Jordan Cement boosts 2008 sales to US$452.7m

Jordanian cement producer Lafarge Jordan Cement, previously known as Jordan Cement Factories Co (JCFC), registered a 4.24 per cent YoY sales increase to JOD321m (USD 452.7m/€355.1m) in 2008, despi...
News - 16 February 2009

Egyptian subsidiary of Titan cement gets OK for new output line

An Egyptian subsidiary of Titan Cement Co. of Greece, Beni Suef Cement, has received the green light from regulators in the Middle Eastern country to launch a new production line with a capacity o...
News - 13 February 2009

UK: Lafarge Cement close other half of Westbury

Just five months after halving production at the Westbury plant in Wiltshire, Lafarge Cement have announced it is to mothball the entire factory. Slowing demand for cement means Lafarge have had t...
News - 13 February 2009

Lafarge considers selling Turkish units

Lafarge has said adviser JPMorgan Chase & Co has begun talks with potential investors over a sale of its stakes in cement and concrete factories in Turkey. “JPMorgan has started negotiations with...
News - 11 February 2009

Turk Lafarge unit shares jump 9.3 per cent on sale talks

Shares in Turkish cement manufacturer Lafarge Aslan Cimento jumped 9.3 per cent on Tuesday after it said its parent Lafarge had started talks with potential investors on strategic options for its ...
News - 10 February 2009

Lafarge mothballs Westbury facility

Lafarge Cement UK announced that it is ‘mothballing’ all cement production facilities at its Westbury Works in Wiltshire. This decision follows the announcement made in September to mothball half ...
News - 06 February 2009

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert increases Lafarge stake

According to Hemscott, Belgian daily L’Echo reported that  Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (GBL), an investment holding company, has acquired an additional 0.35 million shares, representing a 0.2% stake,...
News - 05 February 2009