We’ve posted on this issue before; LafargeHolcim is the parent company of Aggregate Industries.
Earlier this month police raided the Paris office of LafargeHolcim in relation to the affair. Now there are reports that "the company paid a total of US$5.6m to a number of local factions in Syria, including to the Islamic State group". As the Newsweek article concludes:
Lafarge's alleged support for militants in Syria wouldn't be the first time the group, one of the largest construction companies in the world, has found itself involved in controversial projects, according to France 24. The company reportedly participated in the construction of a massive coastal wall of bunkers known as the "Atlantic Wall" for the Nazis in 1942, a collaboration that gave Lafarge a distinct advantage over its peers for decades to come.
This is the company - the same one that offered to build Trump's Wall on the Mexico border - that would ultimately benefit from any quarrying activities at Straitgate Farm.
