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NNS Holding boosts Lafarge stake to 13.2 per cent

NNS Holding, the Luxembourg-based investment fund controlled by Nassef Sawiris, has boosted its stake in Lafarge to 13.2 per cent, a spokesman said on Wednesday. A spokesman for NNS said the fund...
News - 09 October 2008

Lafarge launches sustainable Phoenix cement nationwide, UK

Lafarge has announced plans to establish its ’sustainable’ Phoenix cement as a nationwide brand, as it added three additional production sites across the country, reports Contract Journal. Phoeni...
News - 08 October 2008

Doubts over wind farm bid, UK

A proposed wind farm near the coastline at Dunbar could ruin views of the area from the sea, a community leader has warned. Bosses at Lafarge Cement Works are looking at the possibility of instal...
News - 07 October 2008

Foreign investors want to team up with Indonesia’s Bosowa

Three foreign investors want to team up with cement maker PT Semen Bosowa Maros to build a new cement factory planned by the company. The Siam Cement Co. Ltd of Thailand, YTL Corp. Berhad of Mala...
News - 07 October 2008

GBL Bought EUR42.62m Worth Of Lafarge Shares Sep 26-30

Belgian Financier Albert Frere’s holding company, Groupe Bruxelles Lambert, bought a total of EUR42.62 million worth of shares in French cement company Lafarge SA (12053.FR) between Sept. 26 and S...
News - 06 October 2008

China National Materials wins Ukraine contract

China National Materials Co. Ltd (Sinoma), one of the country’s leading cement equipment and engineering services providers, announced that its construction subsidiary has inked a EUR167m contract...
News - 03 October 2008

Philippines: cement makers asked to explain prices

The Department of Trade and Industry (DIT) is considering subpoenaing cement companies that are slow in complying with a request for information relating to recent price increases, Trade and Indus...
News - 03 October 2008

Russia cement prices seen falling 33 per cent, June-Nov

Russia’s largest cement maker, Eurocement, is cutting back production and manpower at most of its factories as prices are set to fall another 10 per cent by the end of November, the company said o...
News - 01 October 2008

Trade recommends removal of cement import tariff

Philippine Trade and Industry Secretary Peter Favila Wednesday said he would recommend the removal of the import tariff on cement to bring down the local prices. Favila’s comments came after Holc...
News - 25 September 2008

Lafarge to expand investment in North Korea

Lafarge says it will expand its investment in North Korea. A public affairs official from the firm on Thursday told Radio Free Asia that it will increase its investment in facilities at the Sangwo...
News - 25 September 2008