Cemex provides concrete for southern dyke of Le Havre port, France
Cemex provides concrete for southern dyke of Le Havre port, France
As part of the reparation of the southern dyke of the Port of Le Havre, the Mexican building materials giant Cemex will be providing C40 XS3 - Dmax20 concrete, which is resistant to pressure.
December 21, 2015
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As part of the reparation of the southern dyke of the Port of Le Havre, the Mexican building materials giant 643 Cemex will be providing C40 XS3 - Dmax20 concrete, which is resistant to pressure.
LafargeHolcim is reported as announcing that cement production at the Lafarge plants in the French town of La Couronne in Charente and in Le Havre is to close.
In La Couronne, 90 job cuts are to take place in the short term, and only 27 members of staff out of 117 will be kept on.
CEMEX has played a key role in the construction of the new Minden waterway junction, one of the main transport hubs for inland shipping in Germany. The Mexican building materials giant partnered with a local supplier to deliver approximately 100,000m³ of concrete. Expected to ease the traffic of 4,000 freight shippers/year, the new lock system required several specialised products, including underwater concrete, self-compacting concrete, concrete for visible surface and chamber walls, high freeze-thaw