**EXHIBIT 8**

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**MAJOR SUBSIDIARIES OF LAFARGE**

The following indicates the names (and all other significant names, if any, under which business is conducted) and country of incorporation of the major subsidiaries of Lafarge, as well as the percentage of voting control and percentage of ownership. 

| **Companies**                                        |   | **Countries**   |   | **Voting****%** |   | **Ownership****%** |   |
|------------------------------------------------------|--------|-----------------|--------|-----------------|--------|--------------------|--------|
|                                                      |   |                 |   |                 |   |                    |   |
| **Pioneer      Plasterboard**                        |   | Australia       |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
|                                                 |   |            |   |            |   |               |   |
| **Lafarge      Perlmooser AG**                       |   | Austria         |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
| **Schiedel      Kaminwerke GmbH**                    |   | Austria         |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
|                                                 |   |            |   |            |   |               |   |
| **Lafarge      Surma Cement Limited**                |   | Bangladesh      |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
|                                                 |   |            |   |            |   |               |   |
| **Schiedel      Sistemi Dimnjaka d.o.o.**            |   | Bosnia          |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
|                                                 |   |            |   |            |   |               |   |
| **Companhia      Nacional de Cimento****Portland**   |   | Brazil          |   | 99.75           |   | 99.75              |   |
| **Cimento      Maua**                                |   | Brazil          |   | 99.90           |   | 90.84              |   |
| **Centralbeton      Ltda**                           |   | Brazil          |   | 100.00          |   | 90.45              |   |
| **Lafarge      Roofing Brazil Ltda**                 |   | Brazil          |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
|                                                 |   |            |   |            |   |               |   |
| **Cimenteries      du Cameroun**                     |   | Cameroon        |   | 56.73           |   | 56.73              |   |
|                                                 |   |            |   |            |   |               |   |
| **Lafarge      Canada**                              |   | Canada          |   | 53.52           |   | 53.52              |   |
|                                                 |   |            |   |            |   |               |   |
| **Empresas      Melon S.A.**                         |   | Chile           |   | 84.21           |   | 84.14              |   |
|                                                 |   |            |   |            |   |               |   |
| **Beijing      Chinefarge Cement Limited**           |   |            |   |            |   |               |
| **Liability      Company**                           |   | China           |   | 65.00           |   | 57.25              |   |
| **Beijing      Ycheng Lafarge Concrete**             |   | China           |   | 76.71           |   | 67.57              |   |
| **Dujiangyan**                                       |   | China           |   | 75.00           |   | 66.05              |   |
| **Lafarge      Onoda Gypsum Shangaï(2)**        |   | China           |   | 50.00           |   | 31.29              |   |
| **Lafarge      Roofing System China Ltd**            |   | China           |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
|                                                 |   |            |   |            |   |               |   |
| **Lafarge      Cement AS.**                          |   | Czech      Rep. |   | 96.37           |   | 96.36              |   |
|                                                 |   |            |   |            |   |               |   |
| **Lafarge      Tekkin A/S**                          |   | Denmark         |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
|                                                 |   |            |   |            |   |               |   |
| **Alexandria      Portland Cement Company**          |   | Egypt           |   | 44.50           |   | 44.50              |   |
|                                                 |   |            |   |            |   |               |   |
| **Lafarge      Tekkin Oy**                           |   | Finland         |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
|                                                 |   |            |   |            |   |               |   |
| **Lafarge      Ciments**                             |   | France          |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
| **Société      des Ciments Antillais** |   | France          |   | 69.44           |   | 69.44              |   |
| **Lafarge      Bétons**                       |   | France          |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
| **Lafarge      Granulats**                           |   | France          |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
| **Lafarge      Plâtres**                       |   | France          |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
| **Lafarge      Couverture SA**                       |   | France          |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
|                                                 |   |            |   |            |   |
| **Lafarge      Zement GmbH (Holding)**               |   | Germany         |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
| **Wössinger      Zement GmbH**                  |   | Germany         |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
| **Karsdorfer      Zement GmbH**                      |   | Germany         |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
| **Lafarge      Beton GmbH**                          |   | Germany         |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
| **Turmgips**                                         |   | Germany         |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
| **Lafarge      Gips GmbH**                           |   | Germany         |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
| **Lafarge      Roofing GmbH**                        |   | Germany         |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
| **Lafarge      Dachsysteme GmbH**                    |   | Germany         |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
| **Lafarge      Roof ing Components GmbH**            |   | Germany         |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
| **RuppKeramik      GmbH**                            |   | Germany         |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
| **Schiedel      GmbH**                               |   | Germany         |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
| **Kloeber      GmbH & Co KG**                    |   | Germany         |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
|                                                 |   |            |   |            |   |               |   |
| **Hellamat**                                         |   | Greece          |   | 53.17           |   | 53.12              |   |
| **Heracles      General Cement**                     |   | Greece          |   | 53.17           |   | 53.12              |   |
|                                                 |   |            |   |            |   |               |   |
| **Industria      Cementera Hondurena**               |   | Honduras        |   | 53.00           |   | 52.80              |   |
|                                                 |   |            |   |            |   |               |   |
| **Lafarge      India Ltd (Tisco)**                   |   | India           |   | 70.78           |   | 70.78              |   |
|                                                 |   |            |   |            |   |               |   |
| **P.T.      Semen Andalas Indonesia**                |   | Indonesia       |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
| **P.T.      Lafarge Roofing Indonesia**              |   | Indonesia       |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
|                                                 |   |            |   |            |   |               |   |
| **Lafarge      Plasterboard Ireland Ltd**            |   | Ireland         |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
| **Schiedel      Chimney Systems Ireland Ltd**        |   | Ireland         |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |

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| **Companies**                                                            |   | **Countries**     |   | **Voting****%** |   | **Ownership****%** |   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|-------------------|--------|-----------------|--------|--------------------|--------|
|                                                                          |   |                   |   |                 |   |                    |   |
| **Lafarge      Adriasebina**                                             |   | Italy             |   | 100.00          |   | 99.62              |   |
| **Lafarge      Gessi SpA**                                               |   | Italy             |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
| **Lafarge      Roofing Italia SpA**                                      |   | Italy             |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
|                                                                     |   |              |   |            |   |               |   |
| **Lafarge      Braas Roofing Japan Co Ltd**                              |   | Japan             |   | 100.00          |   | 75.10              |   |
|                                                                     |   |              |   |            |   |               |   |
| **Tong      Yang Cement Corp**                                           |   | Korea             |   | 25.00           |   | 9.78               |   |
|                                                                     |   |              |   |            |   |               |   |
| **Bamburi      Cement Ltd**                                              |   | Kenya             |   | 73.31           |   | 58.61              |   |
|                                                                     |   |              |   |            |   |               |   |
| **Nouvelle      Cimenterie d’Amboanio SA****(Sanca)**              |   | Madagascar        |   | 100.00          |   | 65.97              |   |
|                                                                     |   |              |   |            |   |               |   |
| **Portland      Malawi**                                                 |   | Malawi            |   | 75.17           |   | 75.17              |   |
|                                                                     |   |              |   |            |   |
| **Lafarge      Roofing Malaysia Sdn Bhd**                                |   | Malaysia          |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
| **Associated      Pan Malaysia Cement Sdn****Bhd**                       |   | Malaysia          |   | 100.00          |   | 60.83              |   |
| **Malaysian      Cement Industries Sdn Bhd**                             |   | Malaysia          |   | 100.00          |   | 60.83              |   |
| **Supermix      Concrete Malaysia Sdn Bhd**                              |   | Malaysia          |   | 70.00           |   | 37.55              |   |
|                                                                     |   |              |   |            |   |               |   |
| **CCalifornia      Clay Tile de Mexico S.A****de      C.V**              |   | Mexico            |   | 50.00           |   | 50.00              |   |
| **Lafarge      Cementos S.A. de C.V.**                                   |   | Mexico            |   | 100.00          |   | 99.62              |   |
|                                                                     |   |              |   |            |   |               |   |
| **Gyvlon      BV**                                                       |   | Netherlands       |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
| **Lafarge      Gips BV**                                                 |   | Netherlands       |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
| **Lafarge      Roofing Benelux BV**                                      |   | Netherlands       |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
|                                                                     |   |              |   |            |   |
| **West      African Portland Cement****Company**                         |   | Nigeria           |   | 50.01           |   | 49.96              |   |
|                                                                     |   |              |   |            |   |               |   |
| **Lafarge      Tekkin AS**                                               |   | Norway            |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
|                                                                     |   |              |   |            |   |               |   |
| **Lafarge      Philippines**                                             |   | Philippines       |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
|                                                                     |   |              |   |            |   |               |   |
| **Lafarge      Polska Spolka Akcyja**                                    |   | Poland            |   | 77.57           |   | 77.57              |   |
| **Lafarge      Cement Polska**                                           |   | Poland            |   | 100.00          |   | 77.57              |   |
| **Lafarge      Beton Polska**                                            |   | Poland            |   | 100.00          |   | 77.57              |   |
| **Lafarge      Kruszywa sp z.o.o**                                       |   | Poland            |   | 100.00          |   | 77.57              |   |
| **Braas      Polska Sp z.o.o**                                           |   | Poland            |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
| **Rupp      Ceramika Polska Sp z.o.o**                                   |   | Poland            |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
| **Lafarge      Gips Polska**                                             |   | Poland            |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
| **Dolina      Nidy**                                                     |   | Poland            |   | 100.00          |   | 91.31              |   |
| **Nida      Gips**                                                       |   | Poland            |   | 100.00          |   | 94.78              |   |
|                                                                     |   |              |   |            |   |               |   |
| **Lafarge      Romcim SA**                                               |   | Romania           |   | 91.24           |   | 72.03              |   |
|                                                                     |   |              |   |            |   |               |   |
| **OAO      Voskresenskcement**                                           |   | Russia            |   | 83.85           |   | 83.85              |   |
| **OOO      Braas DSK 1**                                                 |   | Russia            |   | 67.10           |   | 67.10              |   |
|                                                                     |   |              |   |            |   |               |   |
| **Beocinska      Fabrika Cementa**                                       |   | Serbia            |   | 69.41           |   | 34.72              |   |
|                                                                     |   |              |   |            |   |               |   |
| **Blue      Circle Materials Singapore**                                 |   | Singapore         |   | 100.00          |   | 60.83              |   |
| **Supermix      Singapore**                                              |   | Singapore         |   | 51.00           |   | 33.83              |   |
|                                                                     |   |              |   |            |   |               |   |
| **Cementarna      Trbovlje**                                             |   | Slovenia          |   | 99.80           |   | 99.80              |   |
|                                                                     |   |              |   |            |   |               |   |
| **Lafarge      South Africa Ltd**                                        |   | South      Africa |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
| **Lafarge      Roofing (Pty) Ltd**                                       |   | South      Africa |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
|                                                                     |   |              |   |            |   |               |   |
| **Lafarge      Asland SA**                                               |   | Spain             |   | 99.62           |   | 99.62              |   |
|                                                                     |   |              |   |            |   |               |   |
| **Mahawehli      Marine Cement Co**                                      |   | Sri      Lanka    |   | 90.00           |   | 84.96              |   |
|                                                                     |   |              |   |            |   |               |   |
| **Orebrö      Kartongbruck AB**                                     |   | Sweden            |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
| **Lafarge      Tekkin AB**                                               |   | Sweden            |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
|                                                                     |   |              |   |            |   |
| **Cementia      Trading Ltd aG**                                         |   | Switzerland       |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
| **Marine      Cement Ltd**                                               |   | Switzerland       |   | 100.00          |   | 99.96              |   |
| **Braas      Schweiz AG**                                                |   | Switzerland       |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
|                                                                     |   |              |   |            |   |               |   |
| **M’Beya**                                                         |   | Tanzania          |   | 62.76           |   | 62.76              |   |
|                                                                     |   |              |   |            |   |               |   |
| **Lafarge      Aslan Cimento AS**                                        |   | Turkey            |   | 96.84           |   | 96.72              |   |
| **Agretas      Agrega Insaat San. Ve Tic. AS**                           |   | Turkey            |   | 100.00          |   | 99.85              |   |
| **Lafarge      Cati Cözümleri Sanayi ve****Ticaret      A.S.** |   | Turkey            |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
|                                                                     |   |              |   |            |   |               |   |
| **Hima      Cement Ltd**                                                 |   | Uganda            |   | 100.00          |   | 71.01              |   |
|                                                                     |   |              |   |            |   |               |   |
| **Mykolaivcement**                                                       |   | Ukraine           |   | 98.10           |   | 98.10              |   |
|                                                                     |   |              |   |            |   |               |   |
| **Lafarge      Redland Aggregates Ltd**                                  |   | UK                |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |

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| **Companies**                         |   | **Countries** |   | **Voting****%** |   | **Ownership****%** |   |
|---------------------------------------|--------|---------------|--------|-----------------|--------|--------------------|--------|
|                                       |   |               |   |                 |   |                    |   |
| **Lafarge      Plasterboard Ltd**     |   | UK            |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
| **Redland      Roofing Systems Ltd**  |   | UK            |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
| **Blue      Circle Industries Plc**   |   | UK            |   | 99.91           |   | 99.91              |   |
| **Lafarge      North America**        |   | USA           |   | 53.52           |   | 53.52              |   |
| **Monier      Inc.**                  |   | USA           |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
| **Lafarge      Road Marking System**  |   | USA           |   | 100.00          |   | 100.00             |   |
| **Blue      Circle North America**    |   | USA           |   | 100.00          |   | 99.91              |   |
|                                  |   |          |   |            |   |               |   |
| **Fabrica      Nacional de Cementos** |   | Venezuela     |   | 61.14           |   | 60.93              |   |
| **Tachira      Cementos**             |   | Venezuela     |   | 99.75           |   | 75.44              |   |
| **Induconagre**                       |   | Venezuela     |   | 100.00          |   | 60.93              |   |
|                                  |   |          |   |            |   |               |   |
| **Chilanga**                          |   | Zambia        |   | 84.00           |   | 84.00              |   |
|                                  |   |          |   |            |   |               |   |
| **Circle      Cement**                |   | Zimbabwe      |   | 76.45           |   | 76.39              |   |

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