 A French cement company based in the northeastern countryside of Aleppo province is buying fuel and oil from the Islamic State, documents obtained by Zaman al-Wasl showed.
The data, emails and documents revealed that Lafarge Cement Syria has been buying fuel from ISIS, besides negligence of safety procedures for the 2500 workers in the factory, as well as using dangerous chemical can be used for making explosives and fuel for rockets, added to discrimination in paying ransoms of millions of pounds to free Alawite abducted workers, ignoring other abductees.
Frederic Jolibois, CEO at Lafarge Cement Syria, refused to comment on the summary letter sent by Zaman Al Wasl, "our company does not reply to rumors and guessing" confirming that Lafarge was keen to protect workers and safty was their priority, therefore they had evacuated to plant situated in Jalibeh town, 160 km away from Aleppo, in September 2014.
Zaman Al Wasl opens an investigation about Lafarge Cement Syria company and publishes it in parts, in this part concentrating on the relationship between the company and the Islamic State and the mediators between both of them. Lafarge is a French industrial company specialising in three major products: cement, construction aggregates, and concrete.
On July 10, 2015, Lafarge merged with Holcim, a Swiss cement company. On July 15, the new company was officially launched around the globe under the name of Lafarge-Holcim, creating a new leader in the Building Materials sector. It has 2500 factory around the world in 90 countries worth a profit of $32 billion a year, the number of worker reaches to 115 thousand workers.
Lafarge Cement Syria was established in Jalbiyeh town, between Ras Alain and Ayn al-Arab « Kobani », 160 km away from Aleppo, production started in 2010 at volume between 2.5 and 3 million tonnes.
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