Lafarge Africa Plc, a leading Sub-Saharan Africa building solutions Company and member of the Holcim group, enjoys doing business in Africa and will continually invest in the continent's economy whilst building on its values to make the best building and construction solutions available in all parts of Africa - not just the best products but its building expertise as well. Combining its operations
in Nigeria - 4.5MMT in WAPCO (with three plants in Ogun State), 1MMT in Ashaka Cement Plc (Gombe State), 2.5MMT in United Cement Company of Nigeria Limited (Cross Rivers State) and a terminal in Atlas Cement Company Limited (Rivers State) - with operations in South Africa 3.6MMT, Lafarge Africa Plc has a current installed cement capacity of 12MMT, which is expected to grow to 18MMT by 2017. This is in addition to strong market leading positions in aggregates, ready mix concrete and fly ash. We value health and safety, environmental protection, corporate governance (ethics) and social responsibility (in the areas of education, health, youth empowerment, and shelter) in our business. Most importantly, Lafarge Africa Plc endeavors to create more value for our customers, providing them with innovative and high quality products and solutions. Our well-known brands - Ashaka Portland Limestone Cement, Elephant Cement, Powermax Cement, Supaset Cement, UniCem Cement as well as Readymix Concrete and Aggregates - all stand for quality, consistency and long term strength which help deliver solutions that contribute to more housing for people, more compact buildings, better connected communities, more beautiful structures and more durable construction.
