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BW2006  OCT 19,2001       2:00 PACIFIC      05:00 EASTERN


( BW)(TX-INDUSTRIAL-INFO-RES) Alabama Cement Plant Nears Completion of
$230 Million Expansion, in an Advisory by Industrialinfo.com

    Business Editors

	   HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 19, 2001--The following is an
advisory by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources Inc.;
Houston, Texas). Lafarge Corporation (Reston, Va.), a subsidiary of
Lafarge SA (NYSE:LAF) (Paris, France), recently acquired Blue Circle
Cement?s Roberta Cement Plant located in Calera, Alabama, which is
currently completing a $230 million expansion program. Construction is
75% complete on a new $170 million kiln line, named the RK5 (Roberta
Kiln 5) expansion, producing clinker, the main raw material that is
used to make cement.
	   Also nearing completion is a $60 million limestone quarry
expansion. Limestone is the feedstock used to produce cement clinker.
Once completed the expansion program will boost annual capacity from
770,000 tons to 1.5 million tons per year of cement. Two existing
kilns will be shutdown and salvaged once the new line has started up
in early 2002.
	   Industrialinfo.com provides daily news related to the industrial
market place including industry alerts and databases for the energy
and industrial markets. For more information on trends and upcoming
construction activities in the Metals and Minerals industry as well as
other industrial sectors send inquiries to
metalsandmineralsgroup@industrialinfo.com or visit us at
www.industrialinfo.com.

    --30--AS/na*

    CONTACT: Industrial Information Resources Inc., Houston
             Joseph Govreau, 713/783-5147

    KEYWORD: TEXAS ALABAMA FRANCE INTERNATIONAL EUROPE
    INDUSTRY KEYWORD: BUILDING/CONSTRUCTION MANUFACTURING
    SOURCE: Industrial Information Resources Inc.

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