Lafarge's reasoning at the outset seemed simple enough: not wanting to abandon its $680 million + investment in Syria amid a civil war, the company engaged supposedly influential intermediaries...
Today, the French Supreme Court confirmed the charge of complicity in crimes against humanity against French cement manufacturer Lafarge (now part of Holcim group). However, the court dropped the …
France's top court on Tuesday overturned a decision by a lower court to dismiss charges brought against cement giant Lafarge for complicity in crimes against humanity in Syria's civil war.
Lafarlcim, the Swiss-French cement company, on Thursday admitted "unacceptable" measures had been taken to keep its Syrian plant open, following …
France's top court has overturned a decision by a lower court to dismiss charges brought against cement giant Lafarge for complicity in crimes against humanity in Syria's civil war.
TORONTO — Lafarge Canada announces the completion of another important milestone in the company's commitment to drive sustainability – the full transition of production from traditional ...
In 2008, the French company Lafarge bought a cement plant in northern Syria for nearly 680 million euros. As the Syrian conflict escalated and armed groups proliferated, Lafarge decided in 2012 to evacuate its foreign employees, while continuing to run the plant with its Syrian employees. ... After news reports revealed Lafarge's dealings in ...
Lafarge Cement Syria is a subsidiary almost 99% owned by the French group Lafarge. Formerly known as Syrian Cement Company, Lafarge bought it in 2008 when it acquired the leading Egyptian cement company, ORASCOM. Last updated: November 2016 European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) e.V.
Lafarge built a cement plant in Syria which required almost 3 years to build at a cost of approximately $680 million. It started production in May, 2010 and operated …
France's top court on Tuesday overturned a decision by a lower court to dismiss charges brought against cement giant Lafarge for complicity in crimes against …
Lafarge is the first company, in its legal entity, in the world to ever face such a charge. "The Supreme Court confirms for the second time that Lafarge can be charged in France with complicity in crimes against humanity in Syria. Businesses that fuel or profit from armed conflicts can no longer claim that their activities are neutral.
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After a three-year renovation of the €680 million plant, Lafarge Cement Syria opened in October 2010, employing hundreds of people and generating thousands of related jobs.
France's highest court on Tuesday rejected a request from French cement maker Lafarge that it dismiss charges of complicity in crimes against humanity as part of an enquiry into how the group kept ...
Lafarge Cement Syria S.A. ("LCS" and collectively with Lafarge, the "Defendants" or the "Companies"), by and through their undersigned attorneys, and through their authorized representatives, pursuant to authority granted by the Board of Directors of Lafarge (the "Board"),
PARIS (Reuters) -France's highest court on Tuesday rejected a request from French cement maker Lafarge that it dismiss charges of complicity in crimes against humanity as part of an enquiry...
Lafarge SA and its defunct subsidiary Lafarge Cement Syria has "agreed to plead guilty to one count of conspiring to provide material support to designated foreign terrorist organizations in Syria ...
France/Syria: The Court of Cassation, a court of last resort, is considering whether a charge of crimes against humanity should be upheld against Lafarge. However, charges of financing terrorism, endangering life and violating an embargo seem set to stay. The legal case is investigating the company's conduct in Syria between 2011 and 2014.
South Africa: Mining and materials company Afrimat says that further regulatory conditions as part of its ongoing acquisition of Lafarge South Africa have been met. The Minister of Mineral Resources …
Lafarge began producing cement for the Syrian market in 2010 after investing more than 600 million euros, or $708 million at current exchange rates, to refurbish a factory in Jalabiyeh, a town ...
France: Climate protest group Earth Uprising says that it will target sites belonging to Holcim subsidiary Lafarge France for demonstrations as part of planned actions between 9 and 12 December 2023. Ouest France News has reported that the demonstrations will include a 'festive but determined' gathering at Lafarge France's …
The Lafarge cement plant in Jalabiya, Syria, in February. A panel of French judges is examining whether Lafarge and some former executives violated international sanctions by paying the Islamic ...
In a statement, the company said that "Lafarge SA and LCS [Lafarge Cement Syria] have accepted responsibility for the actions of the individual executives involved, whose behavior was in flagrant violation …
In the wake of a criminal complaint filed in France in 2016 by Sherpa, the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) and a dozen former Syrian Lafarge employees, which addressed Lafarge's activities in Syria via its subsidiary, Lafarge Cement Syria (LCS), the parent company (Lafarge SA) was indicted in June …
France/Syria: The French Court of Cassation will deliver its decision on the appeal filed in May 2022 by Lafarge, now part of Holcim, in the case relating to its activities in Syria in the 2010s, on 16 January 2024. The body will rule on the indictments of Lafarge for complicity in crimes against humanity and endangering the lives of its employees in …
1994, Chilanga Cement was privatised to CDC ( Colonial Development Company). By mid 2001, CDC had sold Chilanga to Lafarge (later changed to Larfarlcim in 2015).
The findings of an audit conducted in 2017 by international law firm Baker McKenzie, at the request of the cement company's new management, concluded that a total sum of $15.34 million (€14.5 ...
A major international cement company will has pleaded guilty in Brooklyn Federal Court to giving financial support to ISIS, will forfeit $687 million and pay the U.S. government nearly $91 million ...
