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Rediff.com reports that Lafarge SA is restructuring its global operations through a series of asset sales to deleverage its balance sheet which has over €14.3 billion of net debt. Three independent sources told Rediff.com that the US$35 billion cement-to-retail Indian conglomerate Aditya Birla Group has turned its attention to the cement operations of Lafarge in South Africa for a possible buyout. 
Engineering News reports that a new R670-million savoury foods factory in Riverhorse Valley, Durban, which was officially opened by Anglo-Dutch multinational Unilever in December, has been hailed by Trade and Industry Minister Dr Rob Davies as the single largest manufacturing investment in South Africa since the 2010 FIFA World Cup. 
Andrew Marshall had a clear strategy when he took over as Nampak's CEO in March 2009. He was tasked with putting SA's biggest packaging company back on a growth path, a path it wandered off a decade earlier. His approach was simple: if underperforming business units can't be fixed sell them or close them down. 
South Africans have been urged to use electricity sparingly and switch of all non-essential appliances as Eskom warns of possible electricity load-shedding that could last until March. 
NEW DELHI, INDIA: Indian manufacturer Bajaj Auto unveiled an ultra-low-cost car on Tuesday 3 January, its first foray into the four-wheel market, pitching the vehicle as a solution to urban pollution and congestion. 
