In 1864 Lafarge signed its first international contract for the delivery of 110,000 tonnes of lime to the Suez Canal construction project.
== Zgodovina ==Lafarge je leta 1833 ustanovil Pavin de Joseph-Auguste Lafarge v Le Teilu (Ardèche), za pridobivanje apnenca v kamnolomu v Mont Saint-Victor med mesti Le Teil in Viviers.