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Lafarge’s Heracles Cement FY net grows 11.4 per cent

Lafarge’s Greek unit, Heracles General Cement Company SA, said full year group net profits grew 11.4 per cent YoY to EUR67.8m, weighed down by EUR31.7m in investments.     Heracles Cement said th...
News - 25 March 2008

Project delays to weigh down cement industry, Malaysia

Cement demand is likely to be dampened by potential delays in the Ninth Malaysia Plan (9MP) project implementation following the change in the political landscape, and notable projects deemed prom...
News - 25 March 2008

Zambia to import Zim cement

The Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry officials have travelled to Zimbabwe to make arrangement for Zambia to import 55,000t of cement to meet the shortfall in the market.     Commerce, Tra...
News - 19 March 2008

Industry majors line up to buy Cement Corp’s ailing plants

Leading cement makers such as ACC, Ambuja Cement and Lafarge are reportedly looking at buying the closed manufacturing facilities of the ailing public sector enterprise Cement Corporation of India...
News - 18 March 2008

Republic, Lafarge partner with CAC

Officials of the consortium of Republic Cement Corporation and Lafarge Holdings (Philippines), Inc. recently inked a Memorandum of Agreement with Concrete Aggregates Corporation (CAC) for the cons...
News - 14 March 2008

’FG should declare state of emergency in cement industry’

The West African Portland  Cement Company PLC has called on the Federal government to declare a state of emergency on the cement industry, according to local press reports. Recently the federal go...
News - 13 March 2008

Bamburi opts for biofuel usage

The Lafarge Group, will invest Sh1.4 billion across its East African operations to reduce carbon emissions over the next two years.    Bamburi CEO, Mr Michel Purchercos (front) and external affai...
News - 12 March 2008

Lafarge wins deal to operate Concrete Aggregates quarry

Publicly listed Concrete Aggregates Corp. is selling its basalt quarry operations in Angono, Rizal to Lafarge Holdings (Phils.), Inc., owner of Republic Cement Corp. and Lafarge Philippines.    ...
News - 10 March 2008

BCA: British homes, schools and hospitals should be built with British cement and concrete

The British Cement Association (BCA) today called on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to recognizse in his Budget next week, the strategic contribution of the domestic cement industry in meeting the...
News - 10 March 2008

Frere’s GBL holding increases Lafarge stake

The holding company of Belgian billionaire Albert Frere and Paul Desmarais has raised its stake in Lafarge to just over 20 per cent, France’s AMF stock market regulator said on Wednesday.    The ...
News - 06 March 2008