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Lafarge Cement sales in Romania up 58.6 per cent YoY Jan-Sept 2007Lafarge’s cement sales in Romania rose 58.6 per cent YoY in terms of value in the first nine months of 2007. In terms of volume, the company’s cement sales in Romania went up by 42 per cent Y...News - 09 November 2007 |
St-Gobain denies held merger talks with LafargeFrench building materials group Saint-Gobain denied on Thursday ever having held merger talks with cement giant Lafarge, as French daily Le Figaro reported. "We categorically deny having b...News - 09 November 2007 |
Lafarge 3Q Net Profit +9% despite US slowdownLafarge SA Thursday said net profit for the third quarter was up 9%, supported by emerging markets growth and higher prices, and in spite of the slowdown in the U.S. residential market. In a ...News - 08 November 2007 |
Lafarge rejects merger proposals from Saint-GobainLafarge has rejected proposals for a merger with fellow building materials group Saint-Gobain, French daily Le Figaro reported. Citing unnamed sources, the paper said Saint-Gobain and Lafarg...News - 08 November 2007 |
Uganda: Chinese firm takes US$105m Lafarge-Hima expansion worksLafarge has awarded a Ush185 billion (US$105m) turn-key contract to China’s CBMI Construction for the later to expand its cement capacity in Uganda from 350,000t to 830,000tpa. With demand surpas...News - 07 November 2007 |
SC puts on hold Lafarge’s plea to ferry limestone, IndiaThe Supreme Court today refrained from granting Lafarge’s plea to allow transporting limestone from its mines in Meghalaya to the company’s plant in Bangladesh. A special bench headed by Chie...News - 05 November 2007 |
Cement producers’ profits dip in Jan-SepChile’s top three cement producers - Cementos Bío Bío, Lafarge and Polpaico - all saw their bottom line drop during the first nine months of this year compared to January-September 2006, accordi...News - 01 November 2007 |
Egypt grants licences for six cement plantsEgypt granted six licences on Sunday to build greenfield cement plants as part of efforts to increase domestic supply, the first to Nile Valley cement for E£251m, officials said. Local affiliates...News - 29 October 2007 |
Rising cement sales buoy Grasim Q2 netDiversified Birla group company, Grasim Industries, has reported a 50% rise in its net profit for the second quarter, led mainly by its cement and viscose staple fibre businesses (VSF), two fast-g...News - 29 October 2007 |
Uganda: Hima Cement Starts Shs185b New FactoryPresident Yoweri Museveni has commissioned the construction of a Shs185 billion cement plant in Kasese, the third of its kind in the country. The investment by Hima Cement, a subsidiary of France-...News - 29 October 2007 |