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Lafarge to invest more in Romania

Lafarge is likely to invest Euro 58m in its three plants in Romania with the aim to increase their capacity by 1Mta. The move will enable the French company to meet the growing demand on the const...
News - 23 November 2007

Cameroon : Price hike in cement repealed

According to Cameroon Trade Minister Mbarga Atangana the recent cement price increase has not taken into account the reservations of the government on the timing and the social players including c...
News - 22 November 2007

Azerbaijan produces over 1.5Mt of cement in January

For January-October 2007, as much as 1.508Mt of cement was produced in Azerbaijan, an increase of 9.5% from January-October 2006.   Garadagh Cement is the chief producer of cement locally; it is c...
News - 19 November 2007

Saint-Gobain never approached Lafarge

French building materials group Saint-Gobain said on Friday it had never approached cement giant Lafarge  about a possible merger and reaffirmed its commitment to sell its packaging unit in 2008. ...
News - 19 November 2007

Egypt’s Lafarge-Titan to invest $180m

Egyptian joint venture  Lafarge-Titan Group will spend close to $180m to boost its cement production capacity by about 50 percent, a senior company executive said on Wednesday.      Medhat Stefan...
News - 15 November 2007

British cement outlook

With construction investment running at record levels, the outlook for the cement industry in Great Britain can generally be said to be reasonably encouraging.  The full impact of the uncertainty ...
News - 15 November 2007

Investfino hikes stake in Cimpor to over 20 per cent

Cimpor said Investfino has increased its stake in the company to over 20 per cent after acquiring 5m Cimpor shares on Nov 9 up from approximately 19 per cent it was reported to hold in October.  ...
News - 14 November 2007

Lafarge Asks Albert Frere To Join Board Of Directors

Lafarge SA has invited Belgian businessman Albert Frere to join its board of directors, Belgian daily L’Echo reports Friday, citing  Lafarge. Frere indirectly controls Belgian holding company Gro...
News - 12 November 2007

Lafarge turnover rises 4.5 per cent

In the first nine months of 2007 Lafarge generated a turnover EUR13,279m, an increase of 4.5%, and the EBITDA improved by 13.8% to EUR 3,148m.   At the trading level there was a 17.7% improveme...
News - 09 November 2007

Macmahon secures 10-year Lafarge contract worth $65m

Macmahon Holdings Limited announced today that it had been awarded a new, long term quarrying contract in South East Asia.     The 10 year contract for  Lafarge, at Lhoknga in the Northern Sumatr...
News - 09 November 2007