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BCA: Cement industry making clear strides towards its sustainable development goals

A new report published by the British Cement Association charts the significant progress made by the cement industry towards meeting its sustainable development goals. Key achievements include: •...
News - 28 June 2007

BCA: cement industry achieves climate change target

The British Cement Association (BCA) has announced that all four UK cement manufacturers have achieved their targets under the Climate Change Levy Agreements for 2006. In addition, they have colle...
News - 25 June 2007

Lafarge to invest EUR80m in Poland

Lafarge plans to invest some EUR80m in its Polish cement plants, aiming to increase their production capacity by 30 per cent, or by 1.1Mt, in one and a half years.     Lafarge concern decided to ...
News - 21 June 2007

Rejection of expanded mining

The Sugar Creek Board of Aldermen have rejected a plan that would have allowed Lafarge North America to expand its mining operations to the northwest corner of Kentucky and Jennings roads.     Th...
News - 21 June 2007

Wiphold cements deal with China

With South Africa facing acute cement shortages due to a huge infrastructure development programme, black women-owned company Wiphold yesterday signed an agreement with Chinese manufacturer Tangsh...
News - 21 June 2007

Deutsche Bank bullish on Middle East cement

Having recently looked at the Middle East cement market in some detail, Deusche Bank analysts conclude that over the next two to three years demand will be better than expected and, moreover, new ...
News - 21 June 2007

Lafarge appoints four new executive committee members

Lafarge has appointed four new members to the company’s executive committee.     In a statement, Lafarge said Jean-Carlos Angulo, Thomas Farrell, Gerard Kuperfarb and Eric Olsen will join the exe...
News - 18 June 2007

German fund pursues Russian dispute with Lafarge

A German fund firm said on Friday it has asked the Russian authorities to stop Lafarge from issuing new shares in a Russian subsidiary, which the French cement maker is planning to merge with anot...
News - 18 June 2007

Lafarge Romania sees 2007 turnover up 20 per cent

The Romanian unit of Lafarge  expects its turnover to rise 20 per cent on the year to EUR280m in 2007, in line with the forecast growth of the sector market, CFO Philippe Platon said.     The com...
News - 15 June 2007

Lafarge plans 10-year EUR500m

Lafarge plans to sell a 10-year EUR500m bond, one of the banks managing the sale said on Wednesday.     The bond will be launched after an investors’ call scheduled for early on Thursday, the ban...
News - 14 June 2007