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39-543: The Park was originally a gravel pit owned by Lafarge . It was created in the mid-1980s when the company donated Lafarge Lake to the City of Coquitlam. The park saw the addition of beach volleyball courts in 2005, and a $ 10 million expansion in 2006-07 which saw the building of two additional synthetic FieldTurf fields, the conversion of two existing fields to FieldTurf, new areas for shot put , javelin , and discus / hammer throw , and new parking lots. The southwest corner of

78-508: A "merger of equals". The exchange ratio will be based on 9 Holcim shares for 10 Lafarge shares. The new company would be based in Switzerland and have a manufacturing capacity of 427 million tons a year would vastly exceed the 227 million ton capacity Anhui Conch . Lafarge CEO Bruno Lafont and Holcim Chairman Wolfgang Reitzle became co-chairmen of the new group. Eric Olsen, then Lafarge's Executive Vice-president in charge of Operations, became

117-640: A 100% shareholding in Hima Cement Limited , the second-largest cement manufacturer in Uganda , with an installed capacity of 850,000 metric tonnes annually, as of January 2011. That same year, Lafarge entered the Indian market through its cement business, with the acquisition of Tata Steel 's cement activity. This acquisition was followed by the purchase of the Raymond Cement facility in 2001. In 2001, Lafarge, then

156-656: A Lafarge spokesperson, the company's plan was actually to move the water from the quarry and pump into nearby wetlands or the Speed River, not to take water from the area. The Wellington Water Watchers advocacy group expressed concern about how the discharged water might affect aquatic ecosystems downstream and believed that a full environmental review was necessary before the request for the permit should be allowed. "With climate change, there's all kinds of uncertainties that come into our long-term water security issues and we can no longer afford to play fast and loose with that", said

195-575: A base of operations by 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment and United States Army forces. in 2022, Lafarge Egypt, launched "Shatbna," an eco-friendly masonry cement with a 40% lower carbon footprint. The company is active in Greece through the full ownership of Heracles General Cement , since 1991. As of September 2024, The company is set to build a new cement plant in Serbia. On 7 April 2014, Lafarge and Holcim announced they had agreed to terms on

234-469: A combined annual production capacity of tens of millions of tonnes. 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. 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

273-617: A common company in Cement in Central Europe). In 2011, Lafarge SA announced it would build a cement plant in Langkat , North Sumatra , Indonesia with an investment of up to Rp 5 trillion ($ 585 million). In 2011 Lafarge sold to Boral its stake in their common Asian Gypsum joint-venture LBGA (Lafarge Boral Gypsum Asia). Lafarge launched three plants in Hungary , Syria and Nigeria and created

312-519: A joint venture with Anglo American in the United Kingdom . The group sold most of its European, South American, Asian and Australian gypsum operations. In September 2013, Lafarge agreed to the sale of its 53.3 percent stake in its Honduras subsidiary Lafarge Cementos SA de CV to Cementos Argos for €232m. In 2018, the Lafarge Cement plant located south of Kobanî , Syria was being used as

351-444: A new modernized facility by 1 July 2016. At that time, the existing Ravena plant would be taken offline. Lafarge's $ 300 million upgrade to its Ravena plant included a new, German-designed dry-process cement kiln to replace two 50-year-old wet-process kilns. The new kiln was to use less coal and emit fewer pollutants, including a 66% reduction in mercury emissions, while increasing production capacity. It will also take less water from

390-484: A part of ISIS but "It is sufficient that [the accused] has knowledge that the main perpetrators are committing or are about to commit such a crime against humanity and that by his aid or assistance, he facilitates the preparation or the commission thereof." The Court concluded that "the knowing payment of a sum of several million dollars to an organization whose object is only criminal is sufficient to characterize complicity by aiding and abetting." The Supreme Court referred

429-625: A public health assessment for communities near the Lafarge Cement Plant in Ravena, New York. Major findings and results from the NYS DOH Lafarge Cement Plant Health Assessment included: On 23 July 2013, under an agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Justice and the state of New York, Lafarge North America Inc. agreed to fund $ 1.5 million in projects to reduce air pollution in

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468-705: Is Brandon Marsh, in the UK, which is on an old quarry and an existing quarry is next door to it. Another example is the LaCouronne plant in France. It was never quarried but Lafarge bought some land and began to convert it into a 16.5-hectare (41-acre) nature reserve. Other nature reserves are Eardington Nature Reserve; Shropshire (UK), Medway Nature Reserve; Kent (UK) and NWT Besthorpe Nature Reserve; Trent Vale (UK). Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) Orascom Construction PLC ( OC ; Egyptian Arabic : اوراسكوم للإنشاء والصناعه )

507-467: 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 renamed to Holcim Group in 2021. Lafarge was embroiled in

546-611: Is an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor based in Cairo , Egypt . The company was Egypt's first multinational corporation and stands at the core of the Orascom Group companies. OC is active in more than 25 countries. OC was established in Egypt in 1976 and then owned by Onsi Sawiris . As of 2007, it owned and operated cement plants in Egypt , Algeria , Turkey , Pakistan , Iraq , North Korea and Spain , which had

585-579: The Atlantic Wall . This maintained activity permitted the company to transition rapidly to the period of post-war reconstruction. In 1980 Lafarge joined with the Belgian coal, coke and fertilizer company Coppée to become SA Lafarge Coppée. Lafarge purchased a plant from the National Gypsum in early 1987. Ten years later, it bought Redland plc , a British quarry operator. In 1999, Lafarge acquired

624-645: The Hudson River , getting most of its water from the nearby limestone quarry that feeds the plant. Details of the agreement include that Lafarge North America will: In July 2019, the company filed a request for a permit with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks to increase the amount of water it moves from its gravel pits near Guelph in Wellington County, Ontario , Canada into

663-585: The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorist group, in order to keep its cement plant in Syria operating. ISIL captured the plant on 19 September 2014. In 2017 LafargeHolcim executives were investigated for these claims in the civil and criminal courts. Lafarge sought to have the claims dismissed, arguing that the payments were intended to allow Lafarge to continue commercial activities, not to support ISIS, and that

702-559: The Lafarge scandal , in which it was convicted of financing terrorism and complicity in crimes against humanity by the US Department of Justice for paying $ 5.92 million to the terrorist groups ISIS and al-Nusra Front between 2013 and 2014 to keep its cement plant in Syria operating. Lafarge was founded in 1833 by Joseph-Auguste Pavin de Lafarge in Le Teil , France ( Ardèche ), to exploit

741-1098: The New York Stock Exchange . Previously the group had owned 53% of LNA shares. In 2007, it divested its roofing division, selling it to a private equity group in a deal that resulted in Lafarge retaining a 35% equity stake. In December 2007, Lafarge announced the purchase of the Orascom Cement Group, an Egyptian-based cement producer with operations across Africa and the Middle East, from Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) . On 15 May 2008 Lafarge acquired Larsen & Toubro Ready Mix-Concrete (RMC) business in India for $ 349 million. In 2009, Lafarge sells Canadian precast concrete company, Pre-Con to Armtec Infrastructure Income Fund. In 2010, Lafarge strengthened its presence in Brazil (an agreement with Lafarge and STRABAG to create

780-598: The United States Department of Justice reached a $ 777.8 million criminal plea agreement with Lafarge in the case. Executives with Lafarge agreed to the deal after paying $ 5.92 million to Islamic State and al-Nusra Front leaders and urging them to help the company keep its production facilities running, according to a company spokesman and law enforcement official. On 11 July 2008, the Albany Times Union reported that Lafarge's Ravena, New York plant "was

819-426: The 1970s. To meet regulatory concerns, Holcim and Lafarge planned to sell or spinoff assets that generated about 5 billion euros (US$ 6.9 billion) of revenue in 2013 in areas of large overlap between the two companies. Lafont said the merger was aimed at rebalancing operations, not cutting costs. He said overlapping businesses would be sold, not closed, so industry job losses would be minimal. Industry analysts said

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858-547: The CEO of the new group. Executives from both companies said the deal would save the new company 1.4 billion euros (US$ 1.9 billion) annually and create "the most advanced group in the building materials industry." The deal faced significant regulatory obstacles, as 15 different jurisdictions could have potentially raised objections. The cement market in Europe is tightly consolidated and antitrust scrutiny of deals has been commonplace since

897-680: The French Lafarge . In July 2011, Orascom Construction won a $ 450 million bid in Saudi Arabia. In September 2012, Orascom Construction expanded in the US by building a nitrogen fertilizer plant in Iowa and buying out The Weitz Company . In 2013, Cascade Investment invested $ 1 billion in Orascom Construction. Following this investment, a Netherlands -based company, OCI NV, was created, and became

936-588: The Park is host to the Lafarge Lake–Douglas station terminus of the area's Evergreen Extension of the Millennium Line Skytrain rapid transit, which opened in late 2016. Town Centre Park hosts Coquitlam's annual Lights At Lafarge Winter Light Display. 49°17′19″N 122°47′13″W  /  49.2886°N 122.787°W  / 49.2886; -122.787 Lafarge (company) Lafarge

975-618: The United States that required mercury-emissions reductions at cement plants. Preliminary data published by the EPA for the year 2009 showed 145 pounds of mercury were recorded for the Ravena plant (total on- and off-site disposals). The plant has continued to perform within permitted limits. In July 2013, the New York State Department of Health , in partnership with the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry , completed

1014-478: The activities of LCS by asking it to close the plant, decided instead to continue this activity … even if it meant paying several million dollars to its groups". In a statement, the company said it strongly disagreed with the Court of Appeal's decision to retain complicity in crimes against humanity within the scope of an investigation and said it would appeal the decision to France's Supreme Court. On 17 October 2022,

1053-456: The community surrounding its Ravena, New York cement plant. The agreement also amends a March 2010 consent decree that the federal Environmental Protection Agency, New York and 11 other states entered into with Lafarge requiring the company to limit pollutant emissions from its 13 plants nationwide. Under the agreement, Lafarge North America would adhere to an updated schedule that provides Lafarge an additional 18 months to finish construction of

1092-580: The company and its executives could not be held accountable for actions undertaken by its Syrian subsidiary. Initially, the Paris Court of Appeals agreed with Lafarge. On 7 September 2021, the French Supreme Court confirmed charges of financing terrorism and endangering employees' lives. The Supreme Court (Cour de cassation) quashed the Court of Appeal ruling, determining that there was sufficient evidence, including minutes from Lafarge meetings, for

1131-399: The deal would combine Holcim's marketing strength with Lafarge's edge in innovation, while providing significant cost savings, but cautioned "the road to merger clearance will be a long, complex and uncertain one." Others said the deal could lead to further mergers within the industry and give competitors a chance to pick up assets at a bargain price. Most analysts surveyed by Reuters felt

1170-456: The greatest source of mercury emissions in New York from 2004 to 2006" According to the story, plans had been made to upgrade the plant to reduce the mercury emissions. A second story published the following day, stated that the factory had emitted 400 pounds (181 kg) of mercury annually from 2004 to 2006. In November 2010 Lafarge opposed new Environmental Protection Agency regulations in

1209-623: The group's chair Robert Case. The board of directors of Lafarge has 15 members appointed by the annual shareholders' meeting for a period of four years: Former members of the Board include Alain Joly , Michel Pébereau , Gérald Frère , Michel Bon , Philippe Dauman , Nassef Sawiris , Hillary Clinton . The following is a summary of data: By 29 February 2016 the company had a share value of 17.292 billion euros, distributed in 288,383,057 shares. Lafarge owns several nature reserves. An example of this

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1248-464: The investigative judge to find Lafarge had "precise knowledge" of the nature of ISIS's activities. In the decision, the Supreme Court explained that " crimes against humanity are the most serious of crimes because beyond the attack on the individual, which it transcends, it targets and denies humanity." It found that for a conviction on complicity in crimes against humanity, Lafarge did not need to be

1287-670: The limestone quarry in Mont Saint-Victor between Le Teil and Viviers . The limestone is white and argillaceous , and yielded an eminently hydraulic lime . In 1864 Lafarge signed its first international contract for the delivery of 110,000 tonnes of lime to the Suez Canal construction project. During the Second World War, Lafarge provided the Nazi regime with concrete for the French part of

1326-438: The local watershed. According to a news report, "If it’s approved, the company would be permitted to take up to 27.7 million litres of water a day — more than half of the city’s average daily demand of 47 million litres" but a City of Guelph report stated that it would "add a groundwater water-taking of 21,718 m3/day to the existing permit". The company was already permitted to take just over six million litres per day. According to

1365-537: The matter back to the Court of Appeal. On 18 May 2022, the Investigative Chamber of the Paris Court of Appeals rejected a request by Lafarge to dismiss charges of complicity in crimes against humanity and endangering lives. In confirming the charges, the Court of Appeal judges found that "although informed that the actions of ISIS could constitute crimes against humanity, Lafarge, which could have put an end to

1404-515: The merger would be approved in the end. The acquisition would turn it into the world's third-biggest building materials supplier. Analysts said that although it was broadly anticipated by the market. "The additional assets expand the company’s footprint in Eastern Europe and into Brazil and the Philippines. Given the well flagged nature of the deal, however, these benefits are largely reflected in

1443-652: The parent company of Orascom Construction. In March 2015, Orascom Construction shares started trading at the Dubai Financial Market and Cairo's Egyptian Exchange . In July 2018, Orascom Construction partnered with Engie to build the largest wind farm in Egypt. In May 2019, the consortium Bombardier Inc. , Orascom Construction and Arab Contractors won the contract to build two monorail lines in Cairo. In 2013, Orascom Group agreed to pay up to $ 1 billion in tax fines to

1482-568: The price at current levels," Alan Breen of Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland said. On 10 July 2015, Lafarge merged with Holcim. On 15 July 2015, the new company was officially launched around the globe under the name of LafargeHolcim, which was later renamed as the Holcim Group on 8 July 2021. In June 2016, France opened an inquiry into the activities of Lafarge in Syria. The inquiry followed reports by French journalist Dorothée Myriam Kellou, published by Le Monde and France 24 , which uncovered deals Lafarge made with an array of armed groups, including

1521-479: The world's second largest cement manufacturer, acquired Blue Circle Industries (BCI), a British company which at the time was the world's sixth largest cement manufacturer, to become the world's largest cement manufacturer. In 2006, Lafarge North America shareholders accepted a $ 3 billion tender offer from Lafarge Group which gave the parent company full control over the North American business, removing LNA from

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