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February 2015
Industry Buzz, Events & Products
T
he global awards programme
was designed to promote and
transfer best practices and
processes within the group. Lafarge
South Africawon in the global Capital
Allocation category – for its More-
grove Quarry, executed under team
leader Peter Willemse. The project
was chosen as one of the six interna-
tional winners out of 170 top project
submissions from 35 countries.
Ken MacLean, Country CEO of
Lafarge South Africa says, “Winning
this global award shows that commit-
ment to the success of our company,
through hard work and creative ini-
tiatives, is recognised at the highest
level. It means that we have the
ability to compete against any other
country in the world!”
Moregrove Quarry’s award-win-
ning project addressed the problem
of the high fines content of its stone,
which was limiting sales of asphalt
sand. After an investigation, it was
found that the quarry’s air separator
had the ability to remove much of
the fine sand particles. The Asphalt
sand’s quality was improved and a
profitable outlet for the recovered
fines in the manufacture of bricks,
blocks and other precast concrete
products was determined.
The project’s benefits include:
• Successful reduction in fines
-0.075mm from 16% to 10%.
• The fines are separated and can
be blended with another product
(-4.75mm) to produce a blend
which is in high demand from a
brick and block precast producer.
• The improvement in fines quality
was cost effective.
• Low maintenance solution.
This proactive thinking resulted in
R8 million revenue per year and an
increase in asphalt sand sales.
The judges of the award submis-
sions praised the quality of this year’s
entries, saying theywere high impact,
results driven programmes.
The six winners of the final
global Lafarge Awards were:
•
Category: Capital Allocation –
Winning Country: South Africa;
Initiative: Innovative fines man-
agement gives better returns and
has opened up a new business
opportunity
•
Category: Health & Safety – Win-
ning Country: Morocco; Initia-
tive: Aimed to promote strong,
committed H&S leadership at all
levels. Conducted programmes
that promoted responsibility and
accountability among managers
in the field. Safety knowledge and
risk analysis skills were enhanced.
• Category: Cash flows and EBITDA
– Winning Country: France; Ini-
tiative: Facing a declining and
increasingly competitive market,
Lafarge France did a total review
Lafarge’s
Lafarge South Africa,
the local presence of the
international Lafarge
Group, recently paid
tribute to the company’s
six local winning teams as
well as its global winning
team in recognition of their
performance during the
2014 annual Global Lafarge
Awards.
Lafarge South Africa’s award winning team