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Bonemeal to fuel cement plant, UK

A cement works has been given the go-ahead to burn meat and bone meal as fuel at its South Wales plant.   The Environment Agency Wales has confirmed that Lafarge Cement"s plant at Aberthaw, in the...
News - 14 December 2004

Antitrust body fines cement and ready-mixed concrete companies, Turkey

The antitrust body fined certain companies operating in cement and ready-mixed concrete sectors, as a result of the investigation opened on the grounds that the companies acted jointly in determin...
News - 10 December 2004

No breaking of rules for cement project, says Lafarge

Allaying apprehensions of illegal land  acquisition for the US$25m limestone mining project in Meghalaya, India  for its upcoming cement plant across the border in Bangladesh, a senior official of...
News - 06 December 2004

Philippines Republic Cement issues notes

Republic Cement Corp said it has issued PHP1.35 billion worth of 10-year convertible loan notes to Lafarge Holdings (Philippines) Inc. The convertible notes, issued Wednesday, carry an interest rat...
News - 03 December 2004

Construction plans for proposed 800,000tpa cement plant expansion project, Malaysia

Lafarge Malayan is now involved in a move that is aimed at reducing the group’s overall logistics costs to ship cement from its Langkawi plant to the mainland as well as reduce the export of clink...
News - 03 December 2004

World’s giants eye cement market in northeast China

As the Chinese government is taking measures to invigorate the old industrial bases in northeast China, Heilongjiang Province has become a hot place drawing the attention of more foreign strategic...
News - 03 December 2004

Defra welcomes voluntary changes to UK emissions trading scheme

Six leading companies involved in the UK Emissions Trading Scheme have restated their commitment to the scheme by offering to provide an additional 8.9Mt of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions red...
News - 01 December 2004

Titan sees highs and lows

Titan increased turnover by 6.4 per cent to €829.4m in the first nine months of 2004 and the operating profit at the EBITDA level rose by 13.1 per cent to €243.0m.  In local currency terms, this r...
News - 30 November 2004

JPM on Lafarge

Analysts at JP Morgan are retaining an ‘overweight’ rating on Lafarge, with a DCF-based price target of €86, 21% above the current share price. Our valuation assumes a continuation of the current ...
News - 26 November 2004

Collomb continues Asian tour

Vietnam is a potentially large market for cement manufacturers, said Bertrand Collomb, chairman of French building material firm Lafarge. The local cement market annually grows around 15% and ceme...
News - 25 November 2004