Lafarge Africa Plc wani kamfanin kera siminti ne da ke da hedikwata a Legas kuma an ruwaito shi a kasuwar hada-hadar hannayen jari ta Najeriya.[1] Ƙungiyar Holcim ce ke sarrafa ta. A baya ana kasuwanci da sunan Lafarge Wapco Plc, hadewar Lafarge da Holcim tare da hade kadarorin Lafarge a Najeriya da Afirka ta Kudu ya sa aka canja sunan zuwa Lafarge Africa.

Lafarge Afirka
Bayanai
Iri kamfani

Yana daya daga cikin manyan kamfanonin kera siminti a Najeriya kuma ya kasance na biyu a fannin girma da aka samar a shekarar 2017. A cikin 2010, kamfanin ya ƙaddamar da ƙaddamar da shirye-shiryen haɗin gwiwa. A cikin 2016, ƙarfin kamfanin ya kasance tan miliyan 14.1 na siminti, tan miliyan metric na aggregates da tan miliyan 3.5 na siminti.

Kamfanin yana kera da rarraba kayayyaki ta sassan da suka hada da WAPCO, United Cement Company of Nigeria, Calabar, Ashaka Cement, Lafarge South Africa da Atlas Cement Company. Kayayyakin kamfanin sun hada da siminti mai suna Ashaka mai lakabin Portland limestone da aka samar a jihar Gombe, simintin Elephant da Superset wanda WAPCO, UniCem, Readymix Concrete, gini aggregates, da Lafarge South Africa kayayyakin kamar artevia decorative siminti, Buildcrete da DuraBuild siminti, Dura-Pozz, Fast-Cast, Pozz-Fill, Powercrete Plus da SuperPozz.[2]

Tarihi gyara sashe

Lafarge WAPCO gyara sashe

Kamfanin siminti na Portland na yammacin Afirka ya fara aiki a cikin 1961 a Ewekoro, an kafa kamfanin a 1959 a matsayin haɗin gwiwa tsakanin Blue Circle, Kamfanin United Africa na Najeriya da gwamnatin yankin yammacin Najeriya. Blue Circle, wanda a baya aka fi sani da Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers, ita ce babbar mai samar da siminti a Najeriya. Amma kar a rasa kasuwa ga masu sana'ar gida musamman bayan da aka kaddamar da wani kamfanin siminti na Najeriya a Nkalagu, Gabashin Najeriya, Blue Circle ya shiga wata kungiyar hadin gwiwa da ta hada da gwamnatin yammacin Najeriya don kafa sabon tankar a Ewekoro. Ƙungiya ta ɗauki babban tsari mai bushewa na samar da siminti kuma[3] ta samar da alamar giwa ta siminti na Portland. A cikin 1978, an buɗe sabon shuka a Shagamu[4] wanda a ƙarshe yana samar da tan miliyan ɗaya a 2003. Lokacin da yawan amfanin gonar tsofaffi a Ewekoro ya fara raguwa, kamfanin ya gina sabuwar shuka kuma ya ɗauki tsarin tsarin jika na samar da siminti, an ba da aikin a cikin 2003 tare da ikon samar da tan miliyan 1.32.[5] A shekarar 2004, WAPCO ta zama babbar mai samar da siminti a Najeriya. A cikin 2001, Lafarge na Faransa ya sami Blue Circle, gami da sha'awar WAPCO. Bayan shekaru bakwai, sunan ya zama Lafarge Cement WAPCO plc. Lafarge ya kara samar da noma a WAPCO a shekarar 2011 tare da kaddamar da wani karin metric tonnes miliyan 2.2 a Lakatabu, jihar Ogun.[6] Tare da sabon masana'antar, kamfanin ya gina tashar wutar lantarki don ƙone sabbin kilns.

Lafarge Afirka gyara sashe

A cikin 2014, Lafarge da Holcim sun haɗu kuma sun yanke shawarar haɗa wasu kasuwancin su na Afirka. An sanar da sabuwar kamfani Lafarge Africa a watan Yunin 2015, kamfanin ya hada WAPCO na kadarorin Najeriya da kadarorin Lafarge na Afirka ta Kudu.[7]

A shekarar 2017, Lafarge ya hada wasu gidaje a Najeriya lokacin da Atlas Cement, Port Harcourt da UNICEM na Calabar suka hade da Lafarge Africa. Kamfanin ya sayar da hannun jarinsa a Lafarge Afirka ta Kudu zuwa Caricement a tsakiyar 2019.[8]

Kamfanoni masu alaƙa gyara sashe

Kamfanoni masu alaƙa na Lafarge Africa

  • WAPCO Siminti, masu rarraba simintin Giwa
  • UniCem
  • Ashaka Cement
  • Lafarge Afirka ta Kudu Pty
  • Atlas Cement
  • Lafarge Shirye-Mix
  • WAPCO

Nassoshi gyara sashe

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  2. "Lafarge Africa Plc 2017 Rating Report" (PDF). Agusto & Co. 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-23. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
  3. Kilby, Peter (1969). Industrialization in an open economy: 1945-1966 (in Turanci). CUP Archive. pp. 100–105.
  4. Esubiyi, Akin (1995). "Chapter 18: Technical Change in the Nigerian Cement Industry". International Development Research Centre.
  5. Maduako, Dachi (August 27, 2003). "West African Portland Cement (WAPCO) Turns Ewekoro Plant to the Future".
  6. "Nigerian WAPCO seeks $290m". International Cement Review. 2004-01-05. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
  7. "Lafarge to merge South Africa, Nigeria units in $1.35bn deal". Lafarge in South Africa - Cement, concrete, aggregates (in Turanci). 2017-09-27. Archived from the original on 2018-10-23. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
  8. "Lafarge Africa - Cement industry news from Global Cement". www.globalcement.com. Retrieved 2019-08-14.