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India Cements partially resumes operations

India Cements has partially resumed the operation of some its plants in a phased manner. "Considering the uncertainties involved, the impact arising on account of the COVID-19 pandemic on the p...
News - 28 April 2020

Ambuja Cement and ACC fund NGOs to tackle COVID-19

Ambuja Cements Ltd and ACC Ltd  (LafargeHolcim group) have collectively contributed INR3.3m (US$0.43m) to three non-government organisations (NGOs) to support daily-wagers, migrant labour, slum-dw...
News - 28 April 2020

JK Cement receives permission to restart operations

India’s JK Cement has received permission from the relevant authorities to commence operations at its Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana sites, alongside work at its new project in Gujarat. As...
News - 28 April 2020

Cement sector recovery scenarios and the SE Asian focus

Cemtech held its second webinar on the impact of COVID-19 on the cement industry this week. The webinar featured several leading industry speakers, including Paul Roger, MD, Building Material Divi...
News - 24 April 2020

ACC sees net profit fall 7% in 1Q20

India’s ACC (LafargeHolcim) has seen its consolidated net profit fall 6.6 per cent YoY to INR3.23bn (US$42.13m) in the first quarter of 2020. Its net sales decreased 10.8 per cent to INR34.33bn fr...
News - 22 April 2020

Indian manufacturers prepare to resume production

India’s ACC, India Cements, JK Lakshmi and JK Cement are looking to resume cement production in a phased manner from 20 April, while also abiding by all standard operating procedure guidelines rel...
News - 21 April 2020

No coronavirus impact on cement revenue in 9MFY20 but March data dispersed in Pakistan

The Federal Bureau of Statistics of Pakistan has released cement export data for the nine-month period of July 2019-March 2020 (9MFY19-20). It carries more or less same trend of eight months and d...
News - 20 April 2020

Ambuja Cements seeks production start from 20 April

LafargeHolcim subsidiary Ambuja Cements plans to start production in phases at its plants across India from 20 April and is seeking government approval. The company had suspended operations on 23 ...
News - 20 April 2020

JK Lakshmi Cement seeks government approval to resume its Indian production

JK Lakshmi Cement has informed Indian Stock Exchanges on 16 April that the company is seeking necessary approvals from the relevant state government authorities to resume operations at its various...
News - 17 April 2020

Cement exports from Bangladesh dip in 9MFY19-20

Bangladesh's government saw a modest fall of more than six per cent in total export during the first nine months of the FY19-20 as the initial impacts of coronavirus began to impact business, but ...
News - 16 April 2020