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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

Carbon capture catch-up

With carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) identified as the key lever to decarbonise the global cement industry, ICR highlights some of the leading projects currently underway to trial a...
Articles - 08 January 2024

2023: what a year for the cement sector!

An overview of 2023 in the cement world reveals how carbon capture and decarbonisation initiatives were fully embraced by the industry. The pipeline of new projects gained unstoppable momentum as ...
News - 22 December 2023

Lafarge faces new terrorism lawsuit

Hundreds of Yazidi Americans have launched a lawsuit against Lafarge, accusing it of supporting violence carried out by ISIL (ISIS). According to Aljazeera news, the cement producer is accused of ...
News - 20 December 2023

African cement producers increasingly turn to LC3 production

This week thyssenkrupp Polysius and Schwenk Zement announced a new project for their meca-clay, low carbon cement process line at the Allmendingen cement plant in Germany in 2025. Leading multinat...
News - 15 December 2023

Bangladesh's foreign and local cement firms report mixed financial results in 1QFY24

The Bangladesh foreign and local cement firms listed at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSX) improved their earnings in the July-September quarter of FY23-24, overcoming challenges stemming from rising ...
News - 15 December 2023

Exshaw residents launch lawsuit against Lafarge plant

A proposed class action lawsuit has been filed against Lafarge ( Holcim ), alleging that dust from its Exshaw cement plant in Alberta, Canada, has caused a nuisance to the community. Adam B...
News - 13 December 2023

Lafarge Canada signs steel slag agreement with CarbiCrete

CarbiCrete has entered into an agreement with Lafarge Canada ( Holcim ) for the processing of steel slag, the key material in its carbon-negative concrete block technology. The Lafarge team will...
News - 12 December 2023

A new era for Nigeria

Nigeria’s new president signals the dawn of a new era as the west African country aims to address long-standing macroeconomic imbalances. The domestic cement sector continues to add additional cap...
Articles - 05 December 2023