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Lafarge's Saint-Pierre-la-Cour, France site focuses on local activity

At the Saint-Pierre-la-Cour site of French cement group Lafarge, everything is done locally from raw materials to employment and sales, according to site director Gilles Benvenist. The site, which is the largest of Lafarge's nine in France and produces 1.6 million tonnes of cement/year, benefits from the presence of iron, alumina, limestone and silica at the nearby quarry. The cement produced at the site is sold to large building and public works companies in the west of France.
May 12, 2014 Read time: 1 min

At the Saint-Pierre-la-Cour site of French cement group 725 Lafarge, everything is done locally from raw materials to employment and sales, according to site director Gilles Benvenist.

The site, which is the largest of Lafarge's nine in France and produces 1.6 million tonnes of cement/year, benefits from the presence of iron, alumina, limestone and silica at the nearby quarry.

The cement produced at the site is sold to large building and public works companies in the west of France.

The site employs 170 people and operates 24-hours-a-day. Some 10 million used tyres have been used as alternative fuel for the cement plant's furnace.

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