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Lafarge is a French industrial company specialising in cement, construction aggregates, and concrete. It is the world's largest cement manufacturer. It was founded in 1833 by Joseph-Auguste Pavin de Lafarge and is a part of the Holcim Group. In 2015, Lafarge merged with Holcim and a new company was formed under the name of LafargeHolcim. It was ...
Holcim Group operates in around seventy countries, and focuses on cement, aggregates, ready mix and solutions [buzzword] & products. It is a global partner for major infrastructure projects – roads, mines, ports, dams, data centers, stadiums, wind farms, or electric power plants that require major investments.
On 7 April 2014, Holcim and Lafarge announced they had agreed to terms on a "merger of equals" valued at nearly $60 billion. The merger entails 10 Lafarge shares being converted into 9 Holcim shares. Holders of 86% of Lafarge shares accepted this offer in June 2015, according to Holcim, meaning that the merger would proceed. [12]
Lafarge Africa Plc is an industrial company headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, and listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. It is majorly controlled by the Holcim Group . Previously trading under the name of Lafarge Wapco Plc, the merger of Lafarge and Holcim and resulting consolidation of Lafarge's assets in Nigeria and South Africa resulted in ...
The Lafarge scandal refers to the court case against Lafarge, a French cement company, for making payments to the armed terrorist groups Islamic State of Iraq and Levant and al-Nusra Front between 2013–2014. [1] The scandal was first revealed by French journalist Dorothée Myriam Kellou and was then followed by investigations by the French ...
Guy Lafarge, songwriter for France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957; Henri Pavin de Lafarge (1889–1965), French businessman and politician; Jean-Baptiste Lafarge, actor in La Crème de la crème; John La Farge (1835–1910), American stained glass artist and writer; John LaFarge, Jr. (1880–1963), American Jesuit priest
In February 2015, Lafarge announced it had reached an agreement to sell the company to CRH plc, with the exception of its Cauldon cement plant. [12] Anglo American sold its 50% stake to Lafarge first, [13] for £992 million ($1.55 billion), [14] in order to allow CRH to buy the complete business. CRH completed the purchase in August 2015.
John LaFarge Jr. SJ (February 13, 1880 – November 24, 1963) was an American Jesuit Catholic priest known for his activism against racism and anti-semitism. Involved in the heyday (and eventual breakup) of Thomas Wyatt Turner 's Federated Colored Catholics , LaFarge founded an offshoot, the Catholic Interracial Council in New York City.