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Hot tub plan for old Lafarge works

A redundant UK cement works could regain its place at the heart of a North Pennines community if ambitious plans for an eco-village come to fruition.  Full details of the project have been unveile...
News - 02 August 2005

Malaysia cement producers in talks to avert price war

Malaysia’s major cement producers, Lafarge Malayan Cement Bhd, Cement Industries of Malaysia Bhd and YTL Cement Bhd and other smaller firms recently held talks in a bid to seek a pricing agreement,...
News - 01 August 2005

Belgian firm to sue cement makers in Germany

A Belgian firm specialising in damages lawsuits plans to seek about Euro 140m compensation from cement makers Lafarge , Dyckerhoff and Readymix over alleged price-fixing. "We will submit the lawsu...
News - 01 August 2005

Lafarge’s first half cement volumes slightly ahead

Lafarge Group turnover rose by 6.3 per cent to €7,220m in the first half of the year, of which cement contributed €3,797m, an increase of 6.9 per cent.  Cement deliveries were 0.9 per cent higher, ...
News - 29 July 2005

German cement leaders to face fixing claims

Three cement makers, Lafarge, Dyckerhoff and Readymix face damage claims by 28 corporate customers amounting to a total of Euro 140m for alleged price fixing, Financial Times Deutschland reports in...
News - 29 July 2005

Lafarge H1 sales up 6.3 per cent on price increases

Lafarge SA reported a 6.3 per cent rise in first-half sales on Thursday, driven by higher prices for its products and strong volumes for construction materials, mainly in the United States.  Lafarg...
News - 28 July 2005

Why cement Prices are high – Tsunami effect

Managing Director of Ashaka Cement Company of Nigeria (AshakaCem Plc), Engineer Mohammed Mustapha Daggash, yesterday listed factors that have contributed to the recent hike in the price of cement i...
News - 28 July 2005

Gas pipeline given OK in Sugar Creek

Methane from a closed Sugar Creek landfill now will help power the Lafarge Corp cement operation.  The Sugar Creek Board of Aldermen approved an ordinance Monday night allowing Lafarge and Waste Ma...
News - 28 July 2005

Lafarge North America reports

Lafarge North America Inc the leading supplier of construction materials in the US and Canada, today reported second-quarter 2005 net income of US$142.9m. Operating income for the quarter was US$2...
News - 27 July 2005

Cemento Melón to develop new limestone mine

Chilean cement company Cemento Melón will begin operating a new limestone mine called Cantera Ñilhue in the country’s central Region V, newspaper Diario Financiero reported.  The mine will be opera...
News - 27 July 2005