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No sign of Pakistan cement export recovery

Pakistan recorded export volumes of 204,159t cement in March 2017 on revenues of US$11.38m, representing a MoM decline of 11.77 and 7.04 per cent, respectively.  On an annual comparative basis,...
News - 28 April 2017

UltraTech Cement

UltraTech Cement has reported a 10 per cent YoY increase in profit after tax in FY17 to INR27.15bn (US$421.9m). Consolidated sales came in at INR250.92bn, up slightly from the INR248.8bn recorded ...
Corporate - 26 April 2017

Orient Cement becomes CSI member

Orient Cement Ltd, part of the CK Birla Group, announced that it has joined the Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI). The Indian cement producer expects membership of this initiative to give f...
News - 26 April 2017

UltraTech Cement FY17 sales edge ahead

UltraTech Cement, an Aditya Birla group company, yesterday reported consolidated sales for FY17 of INR250.92bn (US$3.89bn) against INR248.8bn in the previous year. Profit before interest, depre...
News - 25 April 2017

ACC 1Q sales volumes up 4%

ACC, part of the LafargeHolcim group, reported a four per cent rise in sales volumes for the first quarter of 2017 to 6.6Mt from 6.36Mt a year earlier. The company noted that the rise in volumes...
News - 24 April 2017

Cement price hike to hit Modi’s affordable housing?

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 'Housing for All’ scheme could be impacted by the steep hike in cement prices, the Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India (CREDAI) argu...
News - 24 April 2017

New orders for Gebr Pfeiffer in South Asia

Gebr Pfeiffer has announced that it has received orders for its MVR grinding technology for two South Asia-based cement plants. Wonder Cement switches to Gebr Pfeiffer vertical roller mill for...
News - 20 April 2017

India: Shree Cement granted ToR for Karnataka plant expansion

Shree Cement has been granted terms of reference (ToR) by the Environment Ministry to expand its plant in Kalaburagi district of Karnataka. The project involves increasing clinker capacity from ...
News - 18 April 2017

India: Sagar Cements to invest another INR280m in power projects

Sagar Cements has announced that it is to invest a further INR280m (US$4.35m) to complete the construction of a captive power plant and finance a new solar project, according to reports in the Hin...
News - 13 April 2017

Indian Railways to cut fees to win back cement business

In response to cement producers shifting away from transporting their output by rail, Indian Railways has announced that it plans to reduces charges for firms that can guarantee that at least a sp...
News - 13 April 2017