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Raising the roof for refurbishmentThe cement kiln at Lafarge’s Cauldon Works is undergoing a GBP750,000 refurbishment. Ian Mycock, Cauldon Works manager, says: "We shut down production every year to carry out vital routine mainten...News - 19 January 2005 |
WAPCO’s turnover rises significantlyThe West African Portland Company Plc (WAPCO) has announced a turnover growth by N7.3 billion, representing 82.9 per cent increase for the nine months ended September 30, 2004. The unaudited fina...News - 19 January 2005 |
Lafarge buys out minority shareholdersLafarge said Tuesday it paid US$141m to buy out minority holdings retained by the State of Wisconsin Investment Board in its businesses in South Korea, India and Japan. In a statement, Paris-based...News - 18 January 2005 |
Andalas seeks to double cement outputIn view of the estimated rise in demand for cement in years to come, cementmaker PT Semen Andalas Indonesia (SAI) will speed up plans to build a plant in Langkat, North Sumatra, while reconstructi...News - 17 January 2005 |
Lafarge aims to up Selva Alegre salesLafarge’s principal objective in buying Ecuadorian cement maker Selva Alegre is to increase sales volumes from 640,000t to 1.0Mt annually in five years, reported newspaper El Universo. Lafarge has...News - 13 January 2005 |
French leaveThe modestly sized Mediterranean port of Nice is the second largest cement port in France, behind Le Havre. In 2003, the amount of cement handled was 326,000t, a four per cent increase over 2002 ...News - 11 January 2005 |
Fire in Perlmooser’s plantA fire broke out in Austrian cement producer Lafarge Perlmooser in Mannersdorf, Lower Austria, on the evening of January 6, 2005. The fire, which started in one of the cable conduits was extinguis...News - 10 January 2005 |
New head for Lafarge North AmericaLafarge North America Inc. Toronto, today announced that Eric C. Olsen officially assumed his position as executive vice president and chief financial officer on January 1, 2005. As previously anno...News - 07 January 2005 |
Indocement sees demand up due to Aceh workPT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa, a unit of Germany’s Heidelberger Zement AG, said it expects demand for cement to increase once reconstruction work begins in the tsunami-hit Aceh province, but adde...News - 07 January 2005 |
Ship loss caught on cameraA photo of the MV Cina Andalas which was caught by the full force of the Tsunami whilst awaiting to load at the Semen Andalas facility in Bandar Aceh last week highlights the devastation caused by...News - 06 January 2005 |