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BK Birla Group's Kesoram Industries considers new grinding plants

BK Birla group's diversified Kesoram Industries already operates 7.5Mta of cement capacity with its wtwo cement plants near Sedam and Basantnagar, but it has the potential to acquire 700 acres of ...
News - 30 June 2017

Closure notice issued to three Telangana plants

The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has directed three cement manufacturing units in Telangana state to shut down their operations and issued show-cause notices to 11 others, seeking replie...
News - 27 June 2017

UltraTech

UltraTech Cement will be bracing itself for the impact of the new Goods and Services Tax (GST) on the price of Indian cement. The new GST regime, which is due to be introduced on 1 July, will see ...
Corporate - 26 June 2017

Pakistan's exports continue to rise MoM

Pakistan cement exporters earned revenues of US$14.86m on exports of 282,304t cement in May, 2017, compared to US$13.49m on 255,778t of exports in the previous month, reports Pakistan's Federal B...
News - 26 June 2017

ACC updates on sustainable development achievements

ACC Ltd of India, part of the LafargeHolcim group, yesterday released its 2016 Sustainability Report where its emissions show a reduction of 30 per cent from the 1990 baseline. Among the highligh...
News - 23 June 2017

Efforts underway to revive Bheema Cements

The Telangana state government has begun efforts to revive the Bheema Cements work in Suryapet district, India. The plant was closed due to losses in 2014 and mining leases allotted to the pla...
News - 22 June 2017

Cooling down refrigerants...in the kiln

The safe disposal of hydrofluorocarbons, present in end-of-service refrigerants, is key in helping to prevent excessive levels of global warming in the future. Cement kilns provide one way of deal...
Articles - 21 June 2017

Double-digit decline in Pakistan cement exports over 11FY17

Pakistan cement exports during the first 11 months (July 2016 to May 2017) of the current fiscal declined by 21.27 per cent to 4.319Mt versus 5.486Mt a year earlier, according to latest data from ...
News - 20 June 2017

Trinetra minority shareholders challenge merger plan

Minority shareholders of Trinetra Cements, a subsidiary of India Cements, have approached India's National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), to challenge the planned merger of the two compan...
News - 20 June 2017

New Nepal plant to begin production

Annapurna Cements, Nepal’s newest greenfield plant, is scheduled to go into commercial production by June-end, according to local press reports. “We have adopted advanced technologies and modern ...
News - 19 June 2017