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Plan to burn tyres and trash raises worries

A proposal to burn tyres at an eastern Ontario cement plant to create fuel is a safe one, company executives say, but environmentalists call it a hazardous idea that would poison the air over both...
News - 06 April 2006

China’s Sinoma signs with Lafarge

China’s Sinoma International Engineering Co Ltd said it has signed a US$74.25m deal to build a cement production line in Zambia for Lafarge SA, the world’s biggest cement maker.  The Shanghai-list...
News - 05 April 2006

Castle Cement has plans for Scotland

Castle Cement last week commenced hostilities against rival Cemex for business in Scotland, with plans to develop a new rail distribution centre in North Lanarkshire  A Castle spokesman said: "Laf...
News - 05 April 2006

New Lafarge offer still too low

A shareholder revolt against an attempted buyout of Lafarge North America Inc. (LAF) continues despite an enriched offer Lafarge SA made for the company on Tuesday.  A pension fund that has been f...
News - 05 April 2006

Lafarge bowing to investor pressure

Lafarge, owner of a 53.2 per cent stake in Lafarge North America (LAF), today announced that it will amend its cash tender offer for the remaining 46.8 per cent minority stake it does not own by i...
News - 04 April 2006

US cement import quotas from Mexico

The agreement between Mexico and the US to end their 16-year dispute over cement exports will come into force April 3 and the Mexican government has published the list of export quotas in its offi...
News - 31 March 2006

Heracles shows higher earnings

Heracles General Cement Company has reported consolidatedprofits before tax of Euro 134.1m in 2005 and earnings for the parent company of Euro 123.4m in the same year.The Heracles Group of Compani...
News - 31 March 2006

Albert Frere keeps building Lafarge stake

Albert Frere, the Belgian entrepreneur, has increased his stake in Lafarge to more than eight per cent in a move that throws into question the future of the world’s largest cement group.   Mr Frer...
News - 30 March 2006

Lafarge to bid for Semen Gresik stake?

According to the Indonesian government, French building materials group Lafarge is among the bidders for a 25 per cent stake in PT Semen Gresik, Indonesia’s leading cement group.The holding, value...
News - 30 March 2006

Lafarge and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Lafarge announces the results of its assessment of its internal control over financial reporting, carried out in accordance with the provisions of section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. These resu...
News - 30 March 2006