世界領先建材商拉法基集團，在Bazian成立了一家新廠，Bazian位于伊拉克的庫爾德斯坦。該廠離蘇萊曼尼亞30公里遠，蘇萊曼尼亞是庫爾德斯坦省的第二大城市。該廠自2008年中期以來一直在運作，水泥年生產力為250萬噸，配備了最新的技術并符合適用于拉法基所有業務的環保標準。該廠部分是由拉法基在工廠旁邊興建的一個電站供電。
現在拉法基做為主要股東在伊拉克擁有2家水泥廠，其中另一個廠是2008年1月收購的Orascom水泥廠。這兩個新廠表明拉法基正在推行其水泥內部增長策略，并展開執行其產能擴張計劃。該計劃開展區間為2006-2012年，公司還將修訂2008年部分，以適應當前的經濟環境。因此，在此期間，拉法基將新建成4800萬噸的水泥產能，主要是在發展中國家，這些國家日益凸顯出非常高的水泥需求。
因此，位于Bazian和Tasluja的廠（兩廠間距離約30公里）將使拉法基可以應對伊拉克市場對建筑材料的強勁需求，伊拉克這個處于重建時期的國家對于水泥的需求正以每年15％的速度遞增。拉法基設法通過向建造住房和基礎設施提供優質原料來協助重建。如今的伊拉克，每四噸水泥中就有一噸來自拉法基在伊拉克的工廠。
附英文：
Lafarge inaugurates a new cement plant in Iraq
現在拉法基做為主要股東在伊拉克擁有2家水泥廠，其中另一個廠是2008年1月收購的Orascom水泥廠。這兩個新廠表明拉法基正在推行其水泥內部增長策略，并展開執行其產能擴張計劃。該計劃開展區間為2006-2012年，公司還將修訂2008年部分，以適應當前的經濟環境。因此，在此期間，拉法基將新建成4800萬噸的水泥產能，主要是在發展中國家，這些國家日益凸顯出非常高的水泥需求。
因此，位于Bazian和Tasluja的廠（兩廠間距離約30公里）將使拉法基可以應對伊拉克市場對建筑材料的強勁需求，伊拉克這個處于重建時期的國家對于水泥的需求正以每年15％的速度遞增。拉法基設法通過向建造住房和基礎設施提供優質原料來協助重建。如今的伊拉克，每四噸水泥中就有一噸來自拉法基在伊拉克的工廠。
附英文：
Lafarge inaugurates a new cement plant in Iraq
(Bazian, Iraq) -- Lafarge, the world leader in building materials, inaugurated a new plant at Bazian, in Iraqi Kurdistan. This new plant is situated thirty kilometres away from Sulaimaniyah, which is the second biggest city of the region. It has been in operation since mid-2008 and has an annual production capacity of 2.5 million tonnes of cement It is equipped with the latest technology and meets the Group's environmental standards as applied by Lafarge across all its operations. It is partly powered by a "captive" electricity station built by Lafarge next to the plant.
Lafarge now holds 2 cement plants in Iraq as principal shareholder, which result from the acquisition of Orascom Cement in January 2008. With these two latest plants, Lafarge is pursuing its internal growth strategy in Cement and progressing with the implementation of its capacity expansion program, undertaken for the 2006-2012 period and revised in 2008 in order to adapt to the current economic reality. Thus, during this period, 48 million tonnes of new cement capacity will have been built, principally in developing countries, which are seeing very high levels of demand.
As such, the Bazian and Tasluja plants (about 30 kilometers away from one another) will enable Lafarge to respond to the strong demand for building materials in the Iraqi market, in a country going through the process of reconstruction where the requirement for cement is increasing by 15% per year. Lafarge seeks to assist these efforts by supplying quality materials for the construction of housing and infrastructure. In Iraq today, one tonne of cement in every four comes from Lafarge's Iraqi plants.
Lafarge now holds 2 cement plants in Iraq as principal shareholder, which result from the acquisition of Orascom Cement in January 2008. With these two latest plants, Lafarge is pursuing its internal growth strategy in Cement and progressing with the implementation of its capacity expansion program, undertaken for the 2006-2012 period and revised in 2008 in order to adapt to the current economic reality. Thus, during this period, 48 million tonnes of new cement capacity will have been built, principally in developing countries, which are seeing very high levels of demand.
As such, the Bazian and Tasluja plants (about 30 kilometers away from one another) will enable Lafarge to respond to the strong demand for building materials in the Iraqi market, in a country going through the process of reconstruction where the requirement for cement is increasing by 15% per year. Lafarge seeks to assist these efforts by supplying quality materials for the construction of housing and infrastructure. In Iraq today, one tonne of cement in every four comes from Lafarge's Iraqi plants.
