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India: Mangalam Cement production increaseFollowing a trial run at the plant in August 2016, Mangalam Cement’s new 0.75Mta grinding unit in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, has commenced operations. The expansion project that introduced the plant'...News - 20 September 2016 |
India: Nirma raises US$598m to finance Lafarge acquisitionNirma Group, which in July won the race to buy Lafarge India for a reported US$1.4bn, has raised INR40bn (US$598m) from a bond sale to finance the purchase, the Economic Times reports. Nirma ha...News - 16 September 2016 |
India: Ramco increases sales by 15% in 1Q16-17Ramco Cements Ltd has stated that it sold 2.076Mt of cement in domestic and export markets during the first quarter ending on 30 June 2016 compared to 1.813Mt in corresponding quarter last year, w...News - 16 September 2016 |
Kenyan cement firms feel the squeezeThis week the Kenyan National Bureau of Statistics announced that KES2.2bn (US$21.7m) of cement was imported from China in the 1H16 - a 10-fold YoY increase. While full-year domestic cement consum...News - 16 September 2016 |
India: cement industry demand raises coal importsThe demand for coal with a high calorific value, primarily from the cement sector, combined with the doubling of clean environment cess has resulted in a shift in coal imports into India. Steam...News - 12 September 2016 |
Pakistan: August cement dispatches risePakistan's cement dispatches in August 2016 stood at 3.585Mt, 16.75 per cent higher than dispatches of 3.071Mt recorded during the same month of previous fiscal year, according to the data releas...News - 09 September 2016 |
India: Shree Cement orders three kiln lines from KHDShree Cement has awarded KHD three more kiln lines to install, each with a capacity of 6000tpd, the first being a second line at Shree’s Raipur plant. This new line will be built in Karnataka us...News - 09 September 2016 |
Bangladesh: BCIC plans new Chhatak mill as cement demand risesBangladesh Chemical Industries Corp (BCIC), a unit of Bangladesh Ministry of Industries, is implementing a new cement mill project as the company converts its wet-process line at Chhatak Cemen...News - 08 September 2016 |
India: Sagar Cements sales down 13.7% for 1HFY16-17Sagar Cements has released its sales and production figures for the period to August 2016, reports Accord Fintech. These show that sales at the company fell by 13.73 per cent to 0.665Mt in the ...News - 08 September 2016 |
Addressing climate changeLafargeHolcim operates 239 integrated and grinding plants with around 374Mta capacity and consumed 785mGJ of energy in 2015. As the largest multinational construction materials company in the worl...Articles - 07 September 2016 |