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10 unusual facts about Lafarge


Aberthaw Cement Works

Lafarge Cement UK bought Blue Circle industries PLC in 2001, creating the largest cement maker in the world.

Ayoki Fabricon

Ayoki has undertaken fabrication, erection and commissioning services of plants for clients which include Jaypee Group, Ambuja Cements, Aditya Birla Group, Lafarge, Dangote Group etc.

Chinese people in Nigeria

One example is Aliko Dangote's Dangote Group, which along with French conglomerate Lafarge attracted protests in Lagos in 2010 for allegedly employing thousands of Chinese workers in semiskilled construction positions.

Henry Louis Le Chatelier

For example, he was a consulting engineer for a cement company, the Société des chaux et ciments Pavin de Lafarge, today known as Lafarge Cement.

José Martínez Morote

He held another athletics scholarship in 2012, this one from the Spanish based Fundación Cultura y Deportes and the Spanish business Lafarge.

King's Wood, Heath and Reach

Much of it forms part of a National Nature Reserve owned and managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire, Central Bedfordshire Council and Lafarge Aggregates.

Magheramorne

Nearby is an old limestone quarry currently owned by Lafarge (formerly known as Blue Circle).

Mountsorrel Railway

As early as 1860 there were eight and a half miles of track serving the local quarries of the Mountsorrel Granite Company, now owned by Lafarge Aggregates.

Ron Southern

Southern has served as a director of several corporations including Lafarge, Southam Inc., Chrysler Corporation of Canada, Imasco, Canadian Airlines, Fletcher Challenge, Royal & SunAlliance and Canadian Pacific.

Westlock, Alberta

The main employers in town include the hotels and inns that cater to oilpatch workers, the farm implement dealerships, and some small manufacturing such as Wabash Manufacturing - Truck Trailers, and a Lafarge cement plant.


Antoinette LaFarge

In 1994, LaFarge founded the Plaintext Players, an internet performance group that began creating original pieces early in the Web era.

Beacon Wood Country Park

However, land owners Lafarge Cement UK, have entered into a five-year management partnership with Ground Kent and Medway and Bean Parish Council.

Pokey LaFarge

LaFarge collaborated with JD McPherson on a rendition of country legend Bob Will's “Good Old Oklahoma”, released on June 28, 2013.

WoW: Emergent Media Phenomenon

Among the participating artists were game designer Chris Metzen, Aram Bartholl, Jorg Dubin, UC Irvine professor Antoinette LaFarge, Eddo Stern; Tale of Tales developers Auriea Harvey and Michaël Samyn, and Chinese photographer Zeng Han.