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In this issue, you will read:

• Lafarge's positions in China,
• the Group's responses to the new sustainable construction challenges in the country,
• the strong branding image developed in the Chinese markets,
• the development of a safety culture, the social responsibility towards employees and communities.
  

The magazine is only available in French for now. The English version will be released on June 21st, 2010.

In this issue, you will read: the infrastructures recovery and an interview with the architect Paul Andreu about symbolism of thoroughfares, climate challenges, the Lafarge's and Bouygues Construction's partnership for energy savings, the new Cape Town Stadium in South Africa, a special report on concrete and its formulas, sustainable commitments in Honduras, Poland, and Philippines...

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...