July 25, 2014
Lafarge has posted another drop in quarterly sales and profit, saying this is mainly due to adverse exchange rates and its shrinking scale as it…
July 24, 2014
Kenya-based National Cement Company (NCC) is set to receive KES 5.9 billion (US$67.1/€49.85 million) from the International Finance Corporation (IFC…
July 24, 2014
Some 14 years after the project was initially considered, Holcim Granulats is expected to put its limestone quarry in Champ-Carré in Bayel into…
July 24, 2014
Thierry Legrand, who has been the chief executive of Lafarge South Africa for five years, has been appointed as senior vice president of…
July 24, 2014
According to the Cameroon port authority, Autorité portuaire nationale (Apn), cement was the most imported product in 2013, accounting for 16% of…
July 24, 2014
It is reported that Larfarge Ciment, the Romanian subsidiary of the French cement group Lafarge, will pay dividends on 2013 profit of around €10…
July 24, 2014
Oman Cement reported a OMR 9.9 million (€19.09 million) pre-tax profit in the first half of 2014, up 4.3% from the year-ago period. In contrast,…
July 24, 2014
China-based cement producer and trader China Resources Cement Holdings Limited has signed a 36-month loan deal with a bank for an amount of CNY 300mn…
July 24, 2014
Siam City Cement recorded a THB 7.8 billion (€182 million) of net sales for the second quarter of 2014, a year-on-year growth of 4.4%, although…
July 24, 2014
In Morocco, the maximum duration of quarry exploitation has been reduced from 20 years to 15 years, and quarry operators will only have two years to…
July 24, 2014
Bell Equipment UK says that a strong Hillhead has contributed to it enjoying its “most successful month for several years” with the closure of over…
July 24, 2014
DUO Africa has unveiled plans for further expansion in west Africa with the imminent opening of a new trading office in Lagos, Nigeria, supported by…
July 24, 2014
The Egyptian Customs Authority is reported as saying it would impose export fees on the raw materials of marble, granite and sands as ordered by the…
July 24, 2014
Lafarge has sold its cement operations in Pakistan for an enterprise value of US$329 million (€244 million) to BestWay Cement. Lafarge Pakistan…
July 23, 2014
Holcim’s chief executive Bernard Fontana has said that the Swiss cement company and French group Lafarge have received more than 100 expressions of…