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Lafarge, the world leader in cement, has designed a diversified product range intended for construction professionals.

A rich and varied range

Lafarge cements are designed to respond to the requirements of all of the Group's customers. Its broad range of products is suitable for industrial players, individual customers and architects:

  • Portland cements: high-quality basic building materials that are both efficient and versatile,
  • cements for different types of environments: products suitable for exposure to sea water, sulfates and other aggressive environments,
  • special cements for specific applications: including white cements for architectural projects, cements for well drilling operations, cements containing silica fume or fly ash, pozzolan cements, and cements for road surfacing that incorporate slag and hydraulic binders,
  • cements for masonry and mortars for concrete blocks, tiles, rendering, stucco, etc.

 

These different cements can all be used to produce concretes with a variety of characteristics and properties.

Innovative products

Cementitious

Called "cement additives", these minerals are used in varying proportions during the last phase of the cement production process. The additives make it possible to obtain a range of cements with different properties. They can be:

  • of natural origin, for example limestone or volcanic and sedimentary rock (pozzolanic rock),
  • of industrial origin, for example byproducts of the steel industry (slag from blast furnaces), the microchip industry (silica fume), and coal-fired power plants (fly ash).

The use of cementitious additives reduces CO2 emissions:

  • firstly, because using additives in cement production automatically reduces the proportion of clinker (the decarbonation phase of clinker production releases a lot of CO2),
  • secondly, because it uses industrial waste which would otherwise have been discarded and treated by the local authority.
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Sensium®, a new generation of cement

Sensium® technological cements were launched in France in 2007. They are innovative in 3 key respects:

  • cleaner and more comfortable to use, their dust-free composition makes it easier to obtain an excellent finish,
  • mortar that is easier to handle and more workable, concrete which is more fluid and easier to spread. Sensium® requires less effort during application and makes construction work easier,
  • accelerated hardening and increased resistance results in a substantial gain in productivity on building sites.

Support and assistance

Lafarge offers:

  • technical and logistical support for orders and deliveries so customers receive their cement at the right place and the right time,
  • documentation, demonstrations and training in the characteristics and correct use of the Group's cements.
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Last update on 05/16/2008

Worldwide product and solutions information

Are you an architect, specifier, craftsman, contractor or private customer? Would you like to order a product? Are you looking for product information for a specific country? Please make direct contact with the Lafarge companies in the country in question. The e-mail and postal addresses for all Lafarge companies around the world are listed in our directory.

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Industrial ecology

How to create value from waste

Large amounts of natural resources, particularly minerals and fossil fuels, are used to manufacture cement. For many years the Group has been working to reduce the environmental impact of its activities by finding ways to obtain value from waste products.

Cement and industrial ecology