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Lafarge Malaysia invests in new baghouse

Lafarge Malaysia Bhd has installed a new MYR20m (US$4.8m) baghouse at its Kanthan cement plant following the installation of a MYR180m vertical roller mill in 2016. The new baghouse replaces the o...
News - 31 August 2018

Lafarge Cooktown plant celebrates 50 years of production

Lafarge Cement Ireland is celebrating 50 years of clinker and cement manufacturing at its Cookstown Plant.   Launched in 1968, the plant is now responsible for producing a substantial volume of ce...
News - 30 August 2018

Lafarge Malaysia invests MYR80m to boost efficiency

Lafarge Malaysia Bhd has allocated MYR80m (US$19.48m) to optimise its operational efficiency, which includes the installation of bag filters at all three of its integrated plants in the country. ...
News - 29 August 2018

Ready to rise again?

Following the country’s recent presidential election, the economy of South Africa has returned to positive growth. ICR looks at the impact this has had on its highly-competitive cement industry an...
Articles - 20 August 2018

The leading cement groups

ICR’s annual corporate profile review looks at the industry’s leading cement producers and their business activities and financial performance in 2017 and 2018. Production capacities of maj...
Articles - 07 August 2018

Aceh's coastline damaged by PT Lafarge Cement Indonesia's coal spill

PT Lafarge Cement Indonesia, (LafargeHolcim) is likely to face a hefty environmental clear up bill after a barge spilt 700t of coal off the Sumatra coast, polluting beaches, damaging coral and imp...
News - 07 August 2018

Managing change

HeidelbergCement’s acquisition of Italcementi in 2016 has accelerated the growth of this major global cement and aggregates giant, which is now ranked as the fourth- largest player worldwide with ...
Articles - 18 July 2018

Lafarge Malaysia MYR270m ECRL contract suspended

Lafarge Malaysia Bhd MYR270m (US$66.7m) contract to supply cement to the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project has been suspended. The cement producer said that China Communications Constructions...
News - 13 July 2018

30 years of ICR - reviewing the cement industry present, past and future

International Cement Review celebrates its 30th anniversary this July with a special double issue of the magazine, including exclusive interviews with some of the industry's most influential figu...
News - 06 July 2018

Agents of change

Like the steel and automotive sectors, the cement landscape has experienced a far-reaching transformation over the last 30 years. In the mid-1980s, local players outgrew their local markets and se...
Articles - 04 July 2018