Divestment of gypsum business

Lafarge agreed with Boral to sell them its stake in their Asian Gypsum joint venture LBGA (Lafarge Boral Gypsum Asia) for 429 million € (representing the enterprise value of Lafarge‘s 50%-stake in the joint venture). LBGA is a 50/50 joint venture formed in 2000 between Lafarge and Boral. This deal is expected to be completed before the end of the year. www.lafarge.com

Issue 03/2013

Joint venture with Elementia in Mexico

Lafarge announces it has reached an agreement with Elementia to combine their cement assets in Mexico. Lafarge will bring its two plants of Vito and Tula for a total capacity close to 1 million t/a,...

Issue 09/2010

Joint venture

The Austrian pyroprocess specialist A TEC and the Brazilian combustion company GRECO have decided to join forces to bring global solutions to pyroprocessing in cement plants (Fig.). The technologies...

Issue 9/2019 ONESTONE CONSULTING LTD.

Global trends in the gypsum industry

1 Introduction While natural gypsum has been mined and manufactured for centuries, the processing of synthetic gypsum has been available only in the last few decades. Synthetic gypsum is an industrial...

Issue 03/2010

Lafarge strengthens its presence in Brazil

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Lafarge announces that it will receive Brazilian cement assets in exchange for the sale to Votorantim on February 3rd, 2010 of its 17.28??% stake in the Portuguese Cimpor group. The terms of payment...

Issue 04/2011

Lafarge and Anglo American

Lafarge SA and Anglo American plc announce their agreement to combine their cement, aggregates, ready-mixed concrete, asphalt and contracting businesses in the United Kingdom, comprising Lafarge...