Lafarge Africa Plc is a building solutions company headquartered in Lagos and quoted 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 name change to Lafarge Africa.[1]
It is one of Nigeria's leading building solutions company and was second in terms of volume produced in 2017. In 2010, the firm formally launched a ready-mix division. In 2016, the firm's capacity was 14.1 million tonnes of cement, 5 million metric tonnes of aggregates and 3.5 million tonnes of ready-mix concrete.
The company manufactures and distributes products through its associated divisions that include WAPCO, United Cement Company of Nigeria, Calabar, Ashaka Cement, Lafarge South Africa and Atlas Cement Company. Company's brand products include Ashaka branded Portland limestone cement produced in Gombe State, Elephant and Superset cement produced by WAPCO, UniCem, Readymix Concrete, building aggregates, and Lafarge South African products such as artevia decorative concrete products, Buildcrete and DuraBuild cement, Dura-Pozz, Fast-Cast, Pozz-Fill, Powercrete Plus and SuperPozz.[2]
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LafargeAfrica Plc is a building solutions company headquartered in Lagos and quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. It is majorly controlled by the Holcim...
the largest 500 companies in Africa by Jeune Afrique and African Business. Around 30 of the largest 500 companies in Africa by revenue are based in Nigeria...
Holcim Group. The original company was merged on 10 July 2015 with Lafarge to form LafargeHolcim as the new company and renamed to Holcim Group in 2021. When...
(LafargeHolcim) Settat (LafargeHolcim) Jorf Lasfar (Ciments du Maroc) Ben Ahmed (CIMAT) Tangiers (LafargeHolcim) Tetouan (LafargeHolcim) Fez (LafargeHolcim)...
he was a speaker alongside Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka, at the Fifth LafargeAfrica National Literacy Competition in Lagos to challenge leaders to help...
government has challenged Lafarge's shareholding in EAPCC due to the fact that Lafarge owns 41.7 per cent of East African Portland Cement Company and...
2020 edition of the fashion show. In 2021, she sat as a judge for LafargeAfrica's annual National Literacy Competition for teachers and students. Osime...
2012). "Anglo sells Scaw South Africa for $383 million". Reuters. "Mining giant Anglo American to sell stake in Lafarge Tarmac for $1.5 bn". London Mercury...
Lafarge started to look for strategic solutions for Lafarge Roofing in order to concentrate more on its core business. On 28 February 2007, Lafarge sold...
dedicated to manufacturing of concrete paving blocks and ready mix concrete. Lafarge Eco systems – Nairobi, Kenya – 100% Shareholding – The environmental and...
who was a partner in the New York-based architectural firm of Heins & LaFarge. He designed projects in Beaux-Arts style, notably the original Byzantine...
Dangote competed (and competes) with Lafarge, a French company that imported and produced the bulk of African cement. When the import license era was...
Expenditure in Africa. World Bank Publications. p. 56. ISBN 9780821336809. Lafarge (17 April 2022). "Lafarge Zambia Annual Report 2020" (PDF). lafarge.co.zm....
ISBN 978-0-226-49747-1. OCLC 1150990899. "John LaFarge – What's Up". Retrieved October 13, 2020. "American Province". Society of African Missions (SMA) AMERICAN PROVINCE...
involved but didn't provide names. The U.S. court lists six unnamed Lafarge executives. Lafarge evacuated the cement plant in September 2014, Afterwards ISIS...
(acquired by Corporate Services Group) Blue Circle Industries (acquired by Lafarge) BOC (acquired by Linde) Bowater (renamed Rexam) Bookham Technology (renamed...
Ltd and Lafarge S.A. completed their global merger and launched LafargeHolcim in July 2015. The name of the foundation was changed to LafargeHolcim Foundation...
rights, the BCCI announced that Sporta Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (Dream11), LafargeHolcim (ACC Cements, and Ambuja Cements) and Hyundai Motors India Ltd. have...
(1893–1940): 2nd wife and widow of John Jacob "Jack" Astor IV Louis Bancel LaFarge (1900–1989): husband and widower of Hester Alida Emmet Roberta Brooke Russell...
tons/year of aggregates. The company's main competitors are InterCement, LafargeHolcim, Cemex, Cimentos LIZ among others. "Votorantim compra participacao...
local economy as it being quarried for a production of cement by Lafarge (West African Portland Cement Company) Ewekoro and Dangote group. The cement has...
32.9% and the Votorantim Group 21.2% (of which 17.3% was purchased from Lafarge and 3.7% from Cinveste). A 9.6% stake in Cimpor held by the bank Caixa...
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