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UltraTech commissions new plant in Manawar

UltraTech has commissioned its greenfield facility in Manawar, Madhya Pradesh, with a 2.5Mta clinker capacity. The plant has reached this stage in under a year, which is record time for a plant of...
News - 19 April 2018

Ambuja Cement ranks highly in global CDP report

India’s Ambuja Cements Ltd has been ranked as number two in the world in the latest report from the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). The report features 13 of the largest publicly-listed companies...
News - 19 April 2018

Hazardous powder may be used in cement production

The Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) has sent samples of a hazardous black powder to a Gujarat-based manufacturer to ascertain whether it can be used in the production of cement, acco...
News - 18 April 2018

Event Preview: IEEE-IAS/PCA Nashville 2018

The 60th IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Industry Technical Conference and Exhibition takes place in the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center, between 6-10 May 2018. This year's technical conf...
Articles - 11 April 2018

Landed petcoke prices could increase by 6% in India

In India the landed cost of petcoke could increase by 5.6 per cent as a result of the import duty hike, reports Nirmal Bang Institutional Equities. The import duty on the fuel was raised in Decemb...
News - 11 April 2018

Wonder Cement awards contract to Gebr Pfeiffer

India’s Wonder Cement has ordered two additional vertical mills from Gebr Pfeiffer, adding to the five already supplied by the company. Due to the mill's ability to grind moist material, the ce...
News - 11 April 2018

Indian cement industry may post flat growth in FY19

The Indian cement industry is expected to post a flat growth of approximately five per cent in FY19, despite an increase in demand and a positive outlook, according to an ICRA report. The profitab...
News - 10 April 2018

Cemtech MEA 2018

Industry professionals from over 30 countries gathered for the 13th Cemtech Middle East & Africa 2018 conference and exhibition, held between 17-20 February at the JW Marriott Marquis hotel in Dub...
Articles - 06 April 2018

CRH

CRH's turnover improved by 1.7 per cent YoY to EUR27,563m in 2017. EBITDA was ahead by 5.8 per cent to EUR3310m. The trading profit advanced by 10.4 per cent to EUR2238m. The net interest charge w...
Corporate - 04 April 2018

Vicat

Vicat is to invest some EUR223m in its Indian operations. Of this, EUR60m will be spend on a 1.75Mta grinding centre at Vizianagam in Andhra Pradesh for completion by the middle of 2022. EUR140m w...
Corporate - 04 April 2018