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Lafarge North America Q3 net up

Lafarge North America, owned 54 per cent by Lafarge SA, said third quarter net profit rose to US$172.1m from US$165.6m in the same period last year, on the back of price increases for all products...
News - 07 November 2005

Lafarge and Cemex terminate jv

Lafarge and Cemex announce that they have signed today a Letter of Intent to terminate their 50/50 joint venture in Readymix Asland (RMA) in Spain, and Betecna Betao Pronto (BETECNA) in Portugal. ...
News - 03 November 2005

Chile Cement Sales Up

 Chilean cement sales rose 5.8 per cent year-on-year for January to September 2005, Chilean Construction Chamber CChC said on October 26, 2005. The three local producers sold 7.8 million bags of ce...
News - 27 October 2005

Cement is only a local (short) story

While the effects of recent hurricanes are clearly posing questions over cement supply availability producers further north say there is not much they can do to help. ’’Katrina didn’t have much, i...
News - 25 October 2005

Lafarge leads a further British price increase

Market leader Lafarge has announced a price increase of 6.5 per cent for bulk cement in Great Britain from the 1st of January 2006.  This would come into effect only nine months after a similar pri...
News - 21 October 2005

SG suggests a sell on Lafarge

Brokerage SG said on Friday it had reduced its rating on Lafarge , the world’s largest cement producer, to "sell" from "hold", partly due to rising costs at the company. SG also cut its fair value ...
News - 21 October 2005

Lafarge: profit forecast ’challenging’

Lafarge raised doubts over whether it could meet its recently lowered profit forecast on Thursday, sending its shares down despite stronger-than-forecast nine-month sales. Lafarge, which disapp...
News - 20 October 2005

Chilanga to build $100m Zambia cement plant

Lafarge’s Chilanga unit in Zambia will build a US$100m plant in Zambia to meet growing demand for infrastructure by new copper mines, the head of its Zambia unit said on Tuesday.  Ian Coulter, man...
News - 19 October 2005

Lafarge names sustainable development chief

Lafarge has appointed Olivier Luneau senior vice president in charge of sustainable development and public affairs, the group said on October 18, 2005. Luneau will report directly to the CEO. He su...
News - 19 October 2005

Cement makers contradict competition council

Romanian cement producers reject statements of Competition Council, according to which the decision to sanction companies Lafarge, Holcim and Carpatcement, charged with forming a cartel, was follo...
News - 18 October 2005