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Sugar Creek committee denies mine expansionA city advisory committee has blocked requests by Lafarge North America to expand its Sugar Creek mining operations. Lafarge operates underground mines that stretch hundreds of yards towards Inde...News - 15 December 2008 |
ACC to decide on Shiva Cement warrant conversion this weekACC, India’s single-largest cement maker and part of Holcim, is likely to decide this week on conversion of equity warrants in Shiva Cement. The conversion could substantially increase ACC’s equit...News - 15 December 2008 |
Sugar Creek planning commission denies rezoning applicationAfter months of often-emotional public hearings, authorities in Sugar Creek have said a new mining proposal should not go forward. That was the recommendation of the city’s planning commiss...News - 12 December 2008 |
Global cement majors eye stake in Andhra CementsLeading cement makers, such as Lafarge, CRH and Italcementi, are said to be in the race to buy stake in Andhra Cements (ACL), cement producer arm of the Duncan Goenka group, reports Economic Times...News - 11 December 2008 |
Indian cement prices fall as demand slowsWith the spectre of a major slump in demand looming over the peak supply season, cement makers across India have been forced to cut prices in a bid to revive demand. In Mumbai, wholesale prices a...News - 09 December 2008 |
Lafarge honoured for nature projectsLafarge North America’s Davenport cement plant give the impression of heavy industry to those who pass by on Iowa 22. But the massive 840-acre site is crossed by creeks and streams and contains pl...News - 08 December 2008 |
Cemex: World Bank division to hear complaint against VenezuelaCemex has said a World Bank arbitration unit has agreed to hear its complaint against Venezuela for expropriating its operations in that country, the company said in a statement. A Cemex spokesma...News - 08 December 2008 |
Grasim, Lafarge not to defer ready-mix planLafarge and Aditya Birla group’s Grasim Industries are sticking to their plans of adding ready-mix units in the country. "We have no plans to put our ready-mix expansion plans on hold. They are on...News - 05 December 2008 |
Lafarge starts up cement plant, doubles capacity in ZambiaLafarge SA said it is pursuing its strategy of internal growth in high-potential markets with the inauguration of a new cement plant in Chilanga, Zambia. With a capacity of 830,000tpa, the Chilan...News - 02 December 2008 |
Bamburi receives environmental certificiationLafarge’s Bamburi Cement Mombasa Quarries has become the first company in Africa to be certified by Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC) for its contribution to wildlife habitat conservation. The certi...News - 01 December 2008 |