The company and eight former employees are standing trial for having paid money to jihadist groups to keep a plant in Syria running. Unusually, Lafarge had already pleaded guilty to this charge before US courts in 2022.

French cement giant Lafarge and several of its former executives will stand trial in Paris from Nov. 4 to Dec. 16 on charges of financing terrorist...

The company and eight former employees are standing trial for having paid money to jihadist groups to keep a plant in Syria running. Unusually, Lafarge had already pleaded guilty…