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Azerbaijan production exceeds 1.5Mt

Azerbaijan produced 1.554Mt of cement in 2006, with a 0.1% increase from 2005. It has been the highest indicator in Azerbaijan’s cement production history. The main cement producer is Garadagh Ce...
News - 31 January 2007

Cement supplied by STC until further notice, Mauritius

The cement crisis is starting to look like the iron bar crisis of a few week ago. Local suppliers have not placed any order for this year on the global market. As if to show that it will not give ...
News - 31 January 2007

PT Semen Andalas inaugurates new packing unit, Indonesia

PT Semen Andalas Indonesia, a subsidiary of Lafarge, inaugurated its new cement packing unit and port terminal Thursday in Lhoknga, Aceh Besar regency, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam province. The inau...
News - 29 January 2007

Lafarge wins bid with Nova Scotia supplier to burn tires at cement plants

Lafarge Canada Inc. has reached an agreement with Nova Scotia’s Resource Recovery Fund Board for a supply of tires that would be burned at its cement plant in nearby Brookfield. But before the pr...
News - 29 January 2007

Lafarge Indonesian unit starts reconstruction of Indonesian plant

PT Semen Andalas Indonesia, a unit of Lafarge SA of France, said it has started reconstruction of a cement plant that will have capacity of 1.6Mta. The plant is located at the company’s old facil...
News - 26 January 2007

Hanson on a high as bid talk resurfaces

Hanson came within a whisker of record highs today as talk of a bid for the building products supplier resurfaced. The shares climbed 16p to 793p, after briefly touching 799p, as more than four mi...
News - 25 January 2007

Germany lays foundations for revival in construction

The Continental European construction sector rose 34% in 2006 driven by positive organic growth. Despite the hindrance of high energy costs, companies generally had good pricing power and were abl...
News - 23 January 2007

Lafarge Shui On Cement inaugurates a new production line, China

Lafarge Shui On Cement announces today the inauguration of a new production line at the Dujiangyan cement plant in Sichuan province in south-west China. Representing a total investment of US$58m, ...
News - 19 January 2007

New order for LORD Corporation

Following the successful installation of a LORD Fan Balancing System on the preheater ID fan at their Dunbar Works in Scotland, Lafarge Cement UK has opted to install the system at three additiona...
News - 19 January 2007

New arrivals at landfill site

Cement manufacturer Lafarge has taken delivery of two new machines which will operate at a waste disposal site.    Lafarge Aggregates, whose company have a cement works at Waterhouses, near Leek,...
News - 17 January 2007