Group

In this issue, you will read:

• In search of alternative energies,
• One day in the Lafarge Technical Development Center for the Gypsum Business,
• The reconstruction of the Iraqi market,
• Lafarge and Care, a new partnership,
• Stories about completed projects in which Lafarge is a major contributor in Canada, Ecuador, France, La Réunion...

In this issue, you will read: interviews with the architects Shigeru Ban and Marc Mimram; all the challenges on construction sites and the Group's tailor-made services; the second life of materials and their recycling; the responsible employment policy at Lafarge; the growing Algerian market; Stories about completed projects in which Lafarge is a major contributor in Eastern Africa, Brazil, Spain...

In this issue, you will read: interviews with international experts on new concretes and sustainable construction; dialogs with the architects Quingyun Ma and Sudhir Jambhekar; the Group's developing strategy ongoing in Eastern Europe; the growth of Aggregates & Concrete Businesses in emerging markets; gypsum and sustainable construction; sub-Saharan Africa; Jordan; Malaysia...

In this special issue published on the occasion of the Conference on concrete with Columbia University in October 2008, you will read: a journey to the heart of the matter on a nanometer scale; the environmental qualities of concrete and the challenges of sustainable construction; the close partner relationships with the architects to expand the areas of innovation; the ultra-high performance concretes and the Lafarge strategy of innovation.

In this issue, you will read: interviews with international experts on China and ecology; the tower building solutions to face demographic growth and urbanization; a dialog between the architect Rudy Ricciotti and engineers; the acquisition of Orascom Cement and the importance of fast-growing markets; the Group's commitments from Romania to Kenya and Spain...

In this issue, you will read: interviews with international experts on the challenges of marine construction and on the management of urban growth; surprising meetings with architects Frank Gehry and Frédéric Borel; an article on industrial ecology; India on the road to growth...

In this issue, you will read: interviews with international experts on water resources management, social diversity and rebuilding after a natural catastrophe; the architects Marrec and Combarel and the Sensium® cement; internal growth and its challenges in the Group; and many other stories, achievements and projects...

In this issue, you will read: a section dedicated to Lafarge in North America; the challenge of energy savings in housing; social responsibility and economic performance; a saga on the Group's methods to build a facility under challenging conditions; and many other stories from South Africa to Austria...

In this issue, you will read: interviews with experts on tomorrow's cities and materials; research at the nanometric scale and innovation for the wildest dreams; the architects Rudy Ricciotti and Christian de Portzamparc; management and organization within the Group; the Lafarge's commitments close to local communities in Indonesia or in Greece...