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Pakistan: 3MFY2021-21 exports mixed

Pakistan's Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS) has released cement and clinker export data for the first quarter (July-September) of FY2021-22. Both value and quantity of exports slid during this ...
News - 19 October 2021

Rain Cements completes grinding expansion project

India’s Rain Cements (Rain Industries) has completed a capacity expansion at its cement mill in Boincheruvupalli village, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh. The unit’s cement grinding capacity has...
News - 15 October 2021

Nuvoco Vistas MD supports Gati Shakti National Master plan

Nuvoco Vistas Corp Ltd's Managing Director, Jayakumar Krishnaswamy, supports the Indian government’s announcement for a national infrastructure masterplan. Indian Prime Minister, Narenda Modi, ha...
News - 15 October 2021

UltraTech and PRESPL sign MoU for agri waste fuel

UltraTech Cement  has announced signing a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Punjab Renewable Energy Systems Pvt Ltd (PRESPL). The MoU is part of UltraTech’s endeavour ...
News - 14 October 2021

Dry bulk freight rates continue to soar

On 7 October 2021, the Baltic Dry Index, a global indicator of bulk freight rates, reached 5670, marking its highest level since September 2008. This compares to just 393 in mid-May 2020 at the he...
News - 13 October 2021

UltraTech Cement commissions 1.2Mta of new capacity

India’s UltraTech Cement has commissioned 1.2Mta of new cement capacity, which is the first phase of the 19.5Mta capacity expansion project announced in December 2020. Additional cement capacity ...
News - 13 October 2021

GCCA accelerates global CO2 emission reduction

Forty of the world’s leading cement and concrete manufacturers have joined forces to accelerate the shift to greener concrete by pledging to cut CO 2 emissions by a further 25 per cent by 20...
News - 12 October 2021

Shree Cement orders equipment for new greenfield project

India’s Shree Cement has contracted FLSmidth for a new greenfield project, including the world’s largest Cross-Bar ® Cooler, an OK TM cement mill and JETFLEX ® Burner. The new line will be loca...
News - 12 October 2021

JK Lakshmi Cement halts production at its Durg plant

India’s JK Lakshmi Cement has suspended production at its 2.7Mta Durg plant in Chhattisgarh, due to a strike called by the state’s Cement Transport Association. Dispatches from the facility, whic...
News - 05 October 2021

Udaipur Cement Works Ltd plans solar investment to reduce its CO2 footprint

Udaipur Cement Works Ltd (UCWL), a subsidiary of JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd, is ensuring its energy security through increasing its share of solar-based electricity in the total energy mix. The compan...
News - 04 October 2021