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In 2018, the Lafarge Cement plant located south of Kobanî, Syria was being used as a base of operations by 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment and United States Army forces. [23] [24] in 2022, Lafarge Egypt, launched "Shatbna," an eco-friendly masonry cement with a 40% lower carbon footprint. [25]
Egyptian Cement Company recently became Lafarge Cement Egypt with a total production capacity of about 10 million tons of cement coming from five lines designed and manufactured by POLYSIUS FRANCE, LCE arranged as the second plant all over the world on the cement production. Sinai White Cement Portland. Misr-Beni Suef. Misr-Quena.
OC was the second company formed by Sawiris, having previously opened another construction company in Upper Egypt in 1950 which was nationalized under Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1961. [ 4 ] In December 2007, OC announced the divestment of its cement group, Orascom Building Materials Holding (OBMH), the holding company for its cement group assets, to ...
Demand for cement in Egypt was on the decline when the military opened a $1 billion factory in 2018 that added 13 million tonnes of annual capacity, on top of the country's existing 79 million tonnes.
The families of U.S. aid workers and soldiers killed or injured by Islamic State and Al-Nusra Front have lodged a legal claim against cement maker Lafarge over payments the French company made to ...
French cement maker Lafarge pleaded guilty in U.S. court on Tuesday to a charge that it made payments to groups designated as terrorists by the United States, including Islamic State, so the ...
In 2001, Lafarge of France acquired Blue Circle, including the latter's interest in WAPCO. Seven years later, the name became Lafarge Cement WAPCO plc. Lafarge increased production at WAPCO in 2011 with the commissioning of an additional 2.2 million metric tonnes plant at Lakatabu, Ogun State. Along with the new plant, the firm built a power ...
Holcim operates four businesses segments: cement, aggregates, ready-mix concrete, and other products, including precast concrete, asphalt, mortar, and other building materials. Originally, the company was established as LafargeHolcim by the merger on 10 July 2015 of Holcim and Lafarge, which had combined sales of CHF 26.7 billion in 2019. [3]