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Lafarge Africa records sales increase in 2017

A NGN33bn (US$105m) write-down on Lafarge Africa’s operations in South Africa and Nigeria resulted in a wider loss for 2017, according to Reuters. The one-off impairment charge resulted in a pret...
News - 11 April 2018

Huaxin heads for excellence

With a clinker capacity of 60Mta and a cement capacity of 90Mta, Huaxin Cement is a major player in the global cement industry. ICR spoke with Li Yeqing, CEO of Huaxin Cement, to find out more abo...
Articles - 05 April 2018

Thomas Schmidheiny and Bertrand Collomb retire from LafargeHolcim Board of Directors

Thomas Schmidheiny has taken the decision not to stand for re-election at LafargeHolcim’s upcoming Annual General Meeting on 8 May 2018, according to a company press statement. Mr Schmidheiny has ...
News - 04 April 2018

Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe reports 4% revenue decline in 2017

Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe Ltd posted a loss of US$609,589 for the year ended 31 December 2017. Revenue during the period under review fell 4.14 per cent to US$58.4m from US$61m recorded at the end ...
News - 04 April 2018

Waste to wealth

Lafarge Africa’s Ewekoro plant, some 50km north of Lagos, in Ogun state, Nigeria, pioneered the use of alternative fuels in the country. The company charts the milestones and looks at the future c...
Articles - 21 March 2018

FCT Combustion announce new burner and recent orders

FCT Combustion has announced a series of on-going and recently completed orders for the cement industry and expects to launch its new Turbo-Flex™ burner in April this year. The burner orders f...
News - 21 March 2018

Lafarge Cement to supply Malaysian rail link project

Lafarge Cement Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Lafarge Malaysia, has been awarded a MYR270m (US$68.92m) cement supply contract by the China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), for the East Coast ...
News - 20 March 2018

Israel: closing the gap

A stable economy and renewed commitment to infrastructure spending by the government bodes well for Israel’s cement producers, although rising cement imports are making for a more competitive envi...
Articles - 14 March 2018

LafargeHolcim targets better growth

LafargeHolcim's CEO, Jan Jenisch, announced this week that the company is writing off its US$4.04bn impairment charge in the 4Q17 and is establishing a five-year strategy up to 2022 'Building ...
News - 09 March 2018

Nuvoco Vistas plans 5-10% rise in specialised cement range

Nuvoco Vistas Corporation Ltd, previously known as Lafarge India, is planning a 5-10 per cent rise in specialised cement to its product range over the next two years. Value-added products and cost...
News - 06 March 2018