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Ramco Cements inaugurates new grinding unit

India’s Ramco Cements has commissioned its new 0.9Mta grinding unit in Odisha. The plant represents an investment of INR7.1bn (US$97m). The company had been marketing around 1Mt of cement each ...
News - 09 October 2020

JK Cement commissions 0.7Mta Gujarat unit

India’s JK Cement has commissioned and begun commercial dispatches from its new Gujarat unit. "The company has successfully commissioned 0.7Mta of grey cement grinding capacity at JK Cement wor...
News - 09 October 2020

CemProspects reports major developments in petcoke and freight

The CemProspects online conference continued yesterday by considering the major developments for the freight and petcoke markets going forwards. Starting with freight, Guy Hindley of Howe Robins...
News - 08 October 2020

CemProspects considers important energy markets

After moving online this year, CemProspects 2020 began yesterday by looking at energy markets of importance to the cement sector. The first day of the session provided a considerable overview of t...
News - 07 October 2020

Vicat in India’s solar journey

Vicat in India has been successfully embarking on its renewable energy journey, using a small-scale trial project as a starting point. Here the company shares the different phases of its project m...
Articles - 06 October 2020

Nepal reports rise in imports due to lockdown

Cement and clinker worth NPR957.2m (US$8.15m) have been imported in Nepal after limestone excavation and cement production was stopped due to the COVID-19 lockdown imposed by the government. Af...
News - 06 October 2020

Shree Cement plans new INR10bn plant

India’s Shree Cement has received board approval to set up a new clinker plant in Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh. The unit could have a capacity up to 12,000tpd and is expected to represent an investm...
News - 30 September 2020

India Cements expects improvement

India Cements’ Managing Director, N Srinivasan, has announced that the company expects an improvement in performance going forwards. "With further relaxation of lockdown measures, there are exp...
News - 29 September 2020

Pathways to industry decarbonisation

With major cement producers such as LafargeHolcim declaring their commitment to carbon-neutrality by 2050, Cemtech's first virtual conference "Decarbonising the cement industry - pathways to a sus...
News - 25 September 2020

Cemtech sheds light on renewable energy and cutting-edge CCUS technology

Day 3 of the Cemtech virtual conference “Decarbonising the cement industry. Pathways to a sustainable future” focussed during its morning session on bringing renewable energy to the cement industr...
News - 24 September 2020