Cement News tagged under: Syria
Syrian Hama plant restores Plant No 3 to working order21 March 2024, Published under Cement NewsGeneral Company for Cement and Building Materials in Hama province, Syria, has restored Plant No 3 to operational status, after the completion of comprehensive maintenance of its machines and equipment by the efforts of engineering and technical cadres working in it. Maintenance work began at the Hama Cement plant last January, and the work was carried out with the expertise and national and local cadres of the cement producer’s workers with experience and specialisation, general mana... |
Lafarge faces new terrorism lawsuit20 December 2023, Published under Cement NewsHundreds 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 abetting violence and terrorism by providing supplies for the construction of tunnels and prisons. The lawsuit was filed in New York on 14 December, led by Nobel Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad. The lawsuit reportedly states that Lafarge “aided and abetted ISIS’s acts of international terrorism a... |
Lafarge Cement fined US$778m for ISIS payments19 October 2022, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Cement has agreed to plead guilty and pay a fine of US$777.8m for payments it made to terror organisation ISIS to keep operating a cement plant in Syria. The payments to ISIS, which reportedly totalled US$10.23m, were made from August 2013 to October 2014 and took place while the terrorist group was kidnapping and killing westerners, reports CNBC. According to the United States Department of Justice, "The gains to all participants in the conspiracy, including LCS [Lafarge Cement S... |
Lafarge to face charges for paying Islamic state in Syria20 May 2022, Published under Cement NewsA French appeals court has confirmed that the cement giant Lafarge must face charges of complicity in crimes against humanity over alleged payoffs to Islamic State group and other jihadist groups during Syria's civil war, reports France 24. Lafarge, now part of Holcim group , has acknowledged that it paid nearly EUR13m (US$13.7m) to middlemen to keep its Syrian cement factory operating in 2013-14, long after other French firms had pulled out of the country. The company contends that i... |
Holcim collaborates with authorities over Lafarge SA case03 December 2021, Published under Cement NewsHolcim is continuing to collaborate with the French judicial authorities, which interviewed a representative of Lafarge SA on 29 November 2021, for the second time since 2018, according to a press release. The development follows France’s highest court, the Cour de cassation, ruling that Lafarge’s previous indictment for complicity in crimes against humanity was wrongly cancelled by the Paris Appeals Court. In 2019, Lafarge had successfully appealed this charge, but as a result of the de... |
Hama Cement sees cement production reach 1.06Mt in 202011 January 2021, Published under Cement NewsThe Syrian Co for the Manufacture of Cement and Building Materials (Hama Cement) has reported 1.06Mt of cement production for 2020. Clinker production also reached 714,000t during the year, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) . Ali Ja’abo, general manager, noted that the technical and production teams at the company have created new working methods, equipment and devices that have proven their efficiency, which contributed to reducing costs and increasing the production. As a ... |
French court postpones Lafarge Syria ruling25 October 2019, Published under Cement NewsA French court has postponed its decision on whether to uphold preliminary charges against Lafarge after the cement company had allegedly made payments to Syrian armed organisations, including Islamic State, in 2013-14 to keep its plant in operation. The postponement of the case will be until 7 November 2019. Lafarge appealed the charges, which also include financing a terrorist enterprise, violation of an embargo and endangering others, reports the Daily Mail. |
Jalabiyeh plant in Syria set on fire18 October 2019, Published under Cement NewsThe international coalition has set fire to LafargeHolcim’s Jalabiyeh plant, just north of Aleppo near the Turkish border, Syria, to prevent the Syrian Arab army taking possession of the plant, according to Réseau Voltaire. "On Oct. 16, after all Coalition personnel and essential tactical equipment departed, two Coalition F-15Es successfully conducted a pre-planned precision airstrike at the Lafarge Cement Factory to destroy an ammunition cache, and reduce the facility's military usefulnes... |
Al-Maslamia cement plant expected to be privatised15 October 2019, Published under Cement NewsThe Al-Maslamia cement plant in northern Aleppo, Syria, has been the subject of negotiations between Katerji International Group and Syria's General Organisation for Cement and Building Materials. The 3Mta cement plant could be the first state plant to be privatised in a SYP200bn (US$3.9m) investment by the Katerji family. The Katerji International Group is owned by the brothers Husam, Mohammed and Baraa Katerji. The family intend to reconstruct property in and around Aleppo. Over the p... |
Shares of Turkish cement firms plummet10 October 2019, Published under Cement NewsTurkish Cement firms have seen a sudden drop in share prices after Turkey's military begin operations in Syria and the EU shows no interest in financing the resettlement housebuilding for 2m Syrian refugees. Last month Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, announced his plan to create the zone along the Syrian-Turkish border where the Ankara government envisages the creation of 140 villages and 10 towns to accommodate up to 1m people. Earlier in the week, Turkish cement companies saw th... |