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LafargeHolcim pursues its African breakthrough

The African branch of the Franco-Swiss Group LafargeHolcim continues its forward march The subsidiary’s Board of Directors did indeed approve, last August, the absorption of two operators: United Cement Company of Nigeria Limited and Atlas Cement Company Limited. Behind this momentum lies the restructuring strategy adopted by the Group over the past two years. The operation is expected to generate 9 billion Nigerian naira by 2018 while creating economic synergies with Africa’s most populous country.