Philippe Richart, formally responsible for the Ready Mix Concrete business in Holcim Vietnam, has been appointed CEO of Holcim Lanka. The change of CEO, which was announced in February 2013, was part of a generational change in the ...
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The Scaffolding Division of Harsco Infrastructure s UAE operation, Quebeisi SGB LLC, scooped the trophy for safe working throughout the year from Lafarge - operator of Emirates Cement Plant in Fujairah. "We have the satisfaction of a job ...
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Egypt s Shura Council housing committee (upper house of parliament) suggested imposing mandatory pricing on the country??s cement firms on Thursday, following recent cement price hikes made by main cement companies of the market, as the ...
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Islamabad-Peter James Hoddinott, cat Lafarge, visited Pakistan to review the country s potential as a major exporter for raw and finished materials. The Executive Vice President of Energy commended Lafarge s local team on upholding the ...
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India’s fast-growing cement industry can reduce its carbon emissions by nearly half by the middle of the century, according to a technology roadmap issued today by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the World Business Council ...
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(Nigeria) -- Nigeria’s Minister of Trade and Investment, Olusegun Aganga, has disclosed that a new policy will soon be effected as part of the country’s cement sector’s Backward Integration Policy (BIP). According to ...
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Cement manufacturers have hit back at Ibeto Cement Company over its resolve to continue to import cement into Nigeria, despite the capacity of local manufacturers to meet demand. A statement by Dangote Cement s head of corporate ...
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It’s always nice to start the year with some good news, and you’ll find plenty of it in this week’s newsletter. For example, in recent days the French company Schneider Electric has won a $74-million order to build ...
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IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is providing a $70m loan to help renovate a cement factory in Iraq, part of an effort to support the local building sector and aid in the country s reconstruction. The financing will allow Kerbala ...
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Board members of Ashaka Cement Plc., the Nigerian unit of Lafarge SA, have endorsed a new development programme that will increase the company s production capacity from 900,000 to 3 million tons in the near future as it plans to inject ...
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French cement maker Lafarge is looking to sell its controlling stake in its South Korean subsidiary Lafarge Halla Cement Co, according to South Korean online media Edaily. The French company, which controls about 90% of its Seoul-based ...
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Leicestershire-based Lafarge Aggregates&Concrete UK has achieved recertification of the Carbon Trust Standard,after it was first certified in 2010.Only a third of companies have regained the Standard,a carbon award that requires firms to ...
Spokespeople for ARM Cement, Kenya s second largest producer of cement behind Lafarge-owned Bamburi Ltd, said that the company is looking forward to a strong year on the back of its recently opened Dar es Salaam plant in Tanzania and the ...
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Dubai Group is in talks to sell its 45 percent stake in a joint venture firm with cement maker Lafarge, two sources familiar with the matter said, as the state investment vehicle sells assets to repay its $10 billion debt pile. Lafarge ...
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Ashaka Cement Plc, a Nigerian unit of Lafarge SA (LG), rose to the highest in more than seven months on bets expanding sales will improve profit. The stock rose for a fourth day, gaining 5 percent, the daily limit, to 11.28 naira at the ...
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