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Kerala pollution control board in waste disposal talks with cement companies

The Kerala State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) is holding talks with cement companies to dispose of foam-based waste from households following recent floods in the Indian state. KSPCB Ernakula...
News - 10 September 2018

UltraTech plants win awards at National Awards for Excellence in Energy Management

UltraTech has announced that five of its integrated cement manufacturing units have been recognised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) at the 19th edition of the 'National Award for Exc...
News - 07 September 2018

The NCCBM appoints Mahendra Singhi as its new chairman

The National Council for Cement and Building Materials (NCCBM), has appointed Mahendra Singhi, Group CEO of Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd, as its new Chairman. Mr Singhi has been a part of the board ...
News - 07 September 2018

UltraTech looks to increase presence in eastern India

UltraTech Cement is looking to increase its market share in eastern India to 23 per cent, due to the considerable growth in the region. "There is an excess demand in the eastern region. The capa...
News - 06 September 2018

Building west African wealth

West Africa is a vast region that is attracting foreign investment and infrastructure development at a pace not seen before. The cement industry is part of this fast-growing drive and with new gri...
Articles - 05 September 2018

New cement terminal enters operation in southwest India

India’s Cochin Port Trust launched the port’s fourth cement terminal at Ernakulam Wharf, Kerala, on Monday. The terminal is expected to handle 0.3Mta of cement and has been set up on 1.14ha of lan...
News - 05 September 2018

CRH

CRH's first-half turnover edged ahead by 0.8 per cent to EUR11,944m and EBITDA was up by 0.9 per cent to EUR1130m. The underlying trading profit eased by 2.5 per cent to EUR592m. After a net inter...
Corporate - 03 September 2018

JK Lakshmi upgrades capacity for increased demand

India’s JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd has recently upgraded the capacity at two grinding units in Gujarat to supply the growing demand in the region. The units in Kalol and Surat supply cement for both ...
News - 03 September 2018

Indian cement demand expected to rise 6-7% in FY19

India’s domestic cement demand increased 14.2 per cent YoY in the first quarter of FY19 ended 30 June. However, pan-Indian prices fell approximately 5-6 per cent. Furthermore, rising costs are exp...
News - 31 August 2018

Project delivers fly ash to plants in northeast India

NTPC Ltd, India's largest power company, has begun transporting fly ash through inland waterways for use in cement manufacture. The pilot project sees the material delivered to Pandu, Assam, from ...
News - 28 August 2018