Lafarge (company)

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Lafarge is a French industrial company specialising in cement, construction aggregates, and concrete. It is the world's largest cement manufacturer. It was founded in 1833 by Joseph-Auguste Pavin de Lafarge and is a part of the Holcim Group. In 2015, Lafarge merged with Holcim and a new company was formed under the name of LafargeHolcim. It was renamed to Holcim Group in 2021. In the Lafarge scandal it was convicted of financing terrorism and complicity in crimes against humanity by the United States Department of Justice for paying $5.92 million to the terrorist groups Islamic State and al-Nusra Front between 2013 and 2014 to keep its cement plant in Syria operating.

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