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Nigerian producers agree to lower prices

Nigeria-based Dangote , BUA Cement and Lafarge have agreed to lower cement prices in the country, despite rising production costs. According to This Day Live, the three manufacturers have sta...
News - 22 February 2024

St Constant plant switches over to OneCem® production

Lafarge Canada ( Holcim ) has achieved full transition of production from traditional general-use cement to OneCem ® a greener product that results in significantly lower CO 2 emissions, at S...
News - 21 February 2024

Prospects for the GCC industry

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) economy has come under pressure from falling oil revenues, but economic diversification is paying off. Moving into 2024, cement market growth is expected across ...
Articles - 19 February 2024

Lafarge Canada completes transition to greener cement

Lafarge Canada has announced the full transition of production from traditional general-use cement to OneCem ® , a greener product that results in significantly lower CO 2 emissions, at its St...
News - 16 February 2024

PSCL wins Lafarge Canada Order

PSCL has equipped Lafarge Canada ’s Exshaw cement plant with a load-out powered by CDM. The Attended Plant Portal solution utilises loading management combined with check-in/out terminals to ma...
News - 09 February 2024

Petrofac wins CO2 capture role at Cauldon Cement plant

Petrofac’s consulting team, based in Woking, UK, is delivering several early engineering scopes, including feasibility and technology selection, that will identify opportunities for capturing CO 2...
News - 25 January 2024

NCCB appoint new chairman

Neeraj Akhoury, president of the Cement Manufacturers’ Association and MD of Shree Cement Ltd, has been appointed as the chairman of the National Council for Cement and Building Materials (NCCBM) ...
News - 25 January 2024

Holcim Algeria exports see 7% uplift in 2023

Lafarge Algeria ( Holcim ) exported 3.4Mt of cement and clinker in 2023, up seven per cent from 3.2Mt in 2022. The company achieved an export market share of 30 per cent and increased its export...
News - 17 January 2024

Lafarge Canada supplies OneCem for Alberta housing project

Lafarge Canada ( Holcim ) has announced its combined effort with nidus3D in supplying its OneCem low-carbon cement in Canada’s largest 3D-printed housing project, aimed at addressing the acute h...
News - 15 January 2024

RIGA wins maintenance deals with Lafarge Africa

RIGA has been awarded for two maintenance contracts with Lafarge Africa Plc in Nigeria for two cement plants. The first contract is for the Mfamosing Cement plant in Calabar City. The second m...
News - 09 January 2024