Alghad - Lafarge International Group today issued a detailed statement regarding the restructuring of its operation in Jordan, as follows:

Lafarge Holcim International recognizes that its operations in Jordan face several difficulties following the poor results achieved over the past few years. This weakness is due to many of the challenges faced by the company,including but not limited to the increase in the number of employees, environmental issues and the inability to use alternative fuels in the Fuheis plant.

LafargeHolcim's ability to support the company's future plans depends heavily on meeting and solving these challenges. LafargeHolcim Group has therefore provided support

To the Board of Directors of Jordan Cement Factories Company to reduce employees by 200 employees who work in three different places of the company.

This decision was adopted after six years of stopping production at the Fuheis plant as a result of preventing the company from using alternative fuels, despite obtaining all the necessary environmental approvals, which negatively affected the company's competitiveness. Years.

In recent years, the local administration has largely tried to reach an agreement with the General Union of Construction Workers, but unfortunately these efforts have not been successful.

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