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Lafarge’s Zambia unit building new cement plant

Zambia’s Chilanga Cement Plc, a unit of France’s Lafarge, is building an 800,000tpa plant to boost cement exports to the Great Lakes region and southern Africa, the firm said on Monday. Chilan...
News - 03 April 2007

Kawasaki Plant Systems, Ltd to build second production line at Lafarge Cement’s Tetouan II

Kawasaki Plant Systems, Ltd announced that it has been awarded an approximately 8 billion yen contract for a cement plant to be used in the second production line at Lafarge Cement’s Tetouan II fa...
News - 29 March 2007

Lafarge re-launches Kumanga cement

Lafarge Portland Cement, Malawi major cement manufacturer, yesterday re-launched one of its products Kumanga Cement during a function in Blantyre where the company also drilled customers on how to...
News - 29 March 2007

Zambia’s second cement plant to start production

Zambezi Portland Cement (ZPC) in Zambia’s northern city of Ndola, Copperbelt Province, will start cement production between August and September this year, local newspaper Times of Zambia cited a ...
News - 28 March 2007

First shipment of Chinese cement arrived

The first consignment of SA Bureau of Standards (SABS) approved Conch cement from China has arrived in South Africa.     Lim Hong Siang, the managing director of Evermont International, said yest...
News - 27 March 2007

Mykolaivtsement increases cement output by 16.1% to 59,200t In February

In February, the Mykolaivtsement company (Mykolaiv, Lviv region), one of the five largest producers of cement, increased cement output by 16.1% or 8,200t, compared to February 2006, to 59,200t.   ...
News - 26 March 2007

Cemex extends bid for Rinker again

Cemex SA has extended its US$11.7bn takeover bid for Rinker Group Ltd for the third time as the Mexican cement company waits for a key regulatory ruling and bets on continued weakness in the US co...
News - 22 March 2007

World Bank favours cement imports, Philippines

The World Bank has recommended importing cement in the short-term period to bring down prices, saying cost competition in the industry “appears to be constrained.” The World Bank in talks with au...
News - 21 March 2007

British Aggregates Association launches cement market investigation

The British Aggregates Association, BAA, has brought in a specialist firm to investigate claims that the UK cement market is not operating properly. The move is in response to a the growing number...
News - 20 March 2007

Lafarge Ciments opens EUR20m slag grinding plant in Western France

Lafarge Ciments, the French unit of Lafarge SA, has invested EUR20m (US$26.6m) to open a slag grinding mill in Bassens, western France.     The plant will granulate slag, a by-product of the meta...
News - 20 March 2007