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China seeks cleaner, more efficient forms of energy

China is seeking cleaner and more efficient forms of energy as soaring oil and coal consumption poses an increasing threat to the environment and surging prices threaten to undermine economic grow...
News - 16 November 2005

More on the Lafarge jv China

Lafarge Shui On Cement, which is 55 per cent owned by the Paris-based group and was formed with the local Shui On Construction And Materials Ltd. (SOCAM) group in late summer, is acquiring Shuangma...
News - 15 November 2005

Cement Industry on track to achieve environmental objectives

The British Cement Association (BCA) has today (15 November 2005) welcomed the publication of the Environment Agency’s sector plan for the cement industry. The sector plan is an important componen...
News - 15 November 2005

Lafarge, Shui confirm new joint venture

Lafarge and Shui On Construction And Materials Limited, the top cement producer in southwest China, have formed a joint venture partnership to merge their cement operations in China. The joint ven...
News - 14 November 2005

Cement firms ’must cut CO2 emissions’

UK cement producers unveiled a report on how the industry must change to help reduce its environmental and socio-economic impact last week.  The report by the sustainability task force set up by i...
News - 11 November 2005

Lafarge sets price guidance on euro bond -banker

Lafarge has set price guidance on its planned EUR500m (US$586.9m) bond due March 2016, a banker familiar with the deal said on Wednesday.  The bond will be priced later this week to yield "low 70s...
News - 10 November 2005

New production line of Lafarge Cement operational in Chongqing

The second new-process production line of the Chongqing Lafarge Cement Co Ltd started operation in Southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality on November 8.     With total investment of USD40m, the ...
News - 09 November 2005

Lafarge buys out another importer

Lafarge has further consolidated its leading position in the British cement market, albeit in a small way, by acquiring the Kent-based importer The Port Land Cement Company from its founder Robert...
News - 09 November 2005

Lafarge plans EUR500m March 2016 bond

Lafarge plans to sell a EUR500m bond due March 2016 this week, an official at one of the banks managing the sale said on Tuesday. BNP Paribas, Calyon, HSBC and RBS are managing the sale.  Proceeds...
News - 09 November 2005

Etex to take over Creaton

The Brussels-based building materials group Etex has agreed to acquire the privately held voting capital in Creaton, Germany’s leading clay tile producer, subject to the competition authorities’ a...
News - 08 November 2005