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Egypt: Lafarge Egypt has appointed Jimmy Khan as its chief executive officer (CEO).

Khan has worked for Holcim, LafargeHolcim and Lafarge for 18 years. Notable positions include becoming Head of Business Processes, Internal Control and Audit - Nigeria in 2013, CEO of LafargeHolcim Mauritius and Seychelles in 2015 and Country CEO of Zambia in 2018. He is a graduate of the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech in the US.

Pakistan: Maple Leaf Cement’s first-half standalone sales were US$121m in the 2022 financial year, down by 33% year-on-year from a first-half 2021 financial year figure of US$91.5m. Export sales fell by 46% to US$2.63m, 2.5% of total sales. Its main export markets were Afghanistan, the Seychelles, Oman and Tanzania. The company reported a 70% increase in its consolidated net profit to US$15.2m from US$8.97m in the first half of the 2021 financial year. The producer said that it expects the domestic cement market to remain ‘stagnant’ for numerous reasons, including high inflation, increased interest rates and decelerating implementation of projects under the Public Sector Development Programme.

Africa/Asia: Holcim has agreed to sell Holcim Madagascar, Holcim Reunion, Lafarge Comoros, Lafarge Mauritius and Lafarge Mayotte to Cementis Océan Indien, a newly launched subsidiary of Mauritius-based Taylor Smith Investment. The Les Echos newspaper has reported that Cementis Océan Indien's acquisition of Lafarge Seychelles is on-going.

Cementis Océan Indien chair Colin Taylor said "The companies that have been bought are all financially solid.” He added "Cementis is positioned as the regional leader in the production and distribution of cement."

Seychelles: Lafarge is constructing a 4000t cement silo in the Seychelles in partnership with the Sri Lankan engineering company Dynamic Technologies. The silo will be built in Sri Lanka and shipped to the Seychelles. Lafarge and Dynamic Technologies developed a similar facility in Mayotte, an overseas department of France, earlier in 2014.