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Lafarge Zimbabwe returns to full-year profit

Lafarge Zimbabwe returned to full-year profit for the 12 months ending December 2016 as volumes edged ahead and cost savings in operations, plant maintenance and "better" inventory control, as we...
News - 04 April 2017

Lafarge-Algérie's Oggaz plant ups output 10%

Lafarge-Algérie's Oggaz cement plant increased its cement output by 10 per cent in the last quarter to meet the country’s growing cement demand, according to plant manager, Jean-Louis Sibiede. I...
News - 04 April 2017

LafargeHolcim opens Construction Development Lab in Morocco

LafargeHolcim has opened a new Construction Development Lab (CDL) in the Moroccan city of Casablanca. The laboratory, the firm’s eighth, joins those in Algeria, Argentina, China, France, India,...
News - 31 March 2017

Malaysia: competition escalates

2016 was a tough year for the Malaysia cement sector: demand fell, capacity increased and prices suffered as a consequence. Nevertheless, there was optimistic news this week that LafargeHolcim is...
News - 24 March 2017

Lafarge Africa reports EBITDA FY16 of NGN29bn

Lafarge Africa plc reports a significant increase in profit after tax in 4Q16 while net sales and operating EBITDA rose by 12 and 288 per cent, respectively in 4Q16. However, operating EBITDA f...
News - 23 March 2017

Lafarge Malaysia earnings expected to bounce back

Lafarge Malaysia Bhd’s (Lafarge) earnings are expected to bounce back in FY17 and FY18 on the back of local cement sales growth as well as contributions from its collaboration with the federal gov...
News - 21 March 2017

Supplying Georgia

A new plant has been launched by Georgian Cement Company (GCC) in partnership with LafargeHolcim. ICR spoke with Merab Chikhradze, founder of GCC, to find out the latest developments in the Georgi...
Articles - 13 March 2017

Nigeria: 1.68Mta integrated cement plant has been proposed for Ogun state

A new 1.6Mta integrated cement plant has been proposed near Ewekoro, Ogun state, Nigeria, and an environmental and social impact assessment is being carried out. Southport Cement Ltd is in the...
News - 09 March 2017

Lafarge Jordan tells staff to have three-month paid vacation

Lafarge Jordan (LafaregHolcim group) announced on Saturday that it was giving its workers at the Fuheis cement factory a three-month paid vacation to reduce costs.

 The paid vacation went into ...
News - 09 March 2017

Cementos Argos

Cementos Argos has officially opened its new 0.3Mta grinding plant in San Lorenzo, Honduras. The plant, which was formerly known as the Cesur grinding station, was purchased from Lafarge in 2013. ...
Corporate - 27 February 2017