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Cement factory hits target

Lafarge Cement UK says it has met an environmental improvement target seven years ahead of schedule. The company, which operates the Westbury works, has cut emissions of dust per tonne of cement m...
News - 01 November 2004

New orders for Unitherm-Cemcon

Lafarge Beocin Cement (Serbia) has installed a new low NOx MAS® kiln burner for petcoke and anthracite, natural gas, and solid secondary fuels (future) on a 4000tpd kiln in autumn 2003. The suppli...
News - 01 November 2004

Spanish terminal developments

As reported yesterday, Italian cement group Buzzi Unicem has acquired a 68 per cent stake in Orionidas, a fledgling Spanish import company, involving former Agrox officials, for around Euro 680,00...
News - 29 October 2004

Lafarge not bidding for Loma Negra for time being

Lafarge, the world’s largest cement maker, is not bidding for now for Loma Negra, Argentina’s largest cement company, but might have a change of heart in future if the price is right, CEO Bernard ...
News - 29 October 2004

APCAC Conference Trinidad

In his role as APCAC President, Christian Agnes of Lafarge Ciments Antilles had the pleasure of opening the APCAC XXI Technical Conference 2004 held at the Trinidad Hilton Hotel, Port of Spain. Mo...
News - 27 October 2004

RMC Group Shareholders to vote

Mexican cement maker Cemex SA (CX) said Monday that RMC Group Ltd’s shareholders will vote on its $5.8 billion cash and debt offer on Nov. 17.  Cemex said in a filing with the Mexican Stock Exchang...
News - 26 October 2004

Unknown fate for Cement Corp factories

Despite a history of riots, worker deaths and a clamour for voluntary redundancies, Indian state government is unmoved to privatise three factories of Cement Corporation: Dala, Chunar and Churk . ...
News - 25 October 2004

Cement boss hits back

Lafarge Cement in the UK has hit back at claims burning Recycled Liquid Fuel in Westbury will create an environmental wasteland.  The firm reacted angrily to Monday night’s Inside Out programme on...
News - 25 October 2004

Grinding plant underway, Vietnam

Donafrance, a venture between Lafarge  and Vietnam’s Doan Duc Co., started building a cement grinding plant yesterday in Nhon Trach District of Dong Nai Province. Construction of the station in Ph...
News - 22 October 2004

Lafarge 9-month sales up 5.7 per cent, keeps outlook

Lafarge reported a 5.7 per cent rise in 9-month sales on Thursday, thanks to higher cement prices in the United States and Europe, and reiterated its guidance for the full year. The company said i...
News - 21 October 2004