Search Results

Pakistan: August export volumes and revenue down YoY

Pakistan exported 558,049t of cement on revenues of US$32.08m in August 2015, down 42.88 and 44.36 per cent in terms of volume and revenue on a YoY basis, according to the country's Bureau of of S...
News - 09 October 2015

Reliance Group to exit cement business?

The Reliance Group has decided to exit the cement business by putting privately-held Reliance Cements up for sale, the Economic Times of India reports. Reliance Group has recently mandated Morgan...
News - 08 October 2015

CREDAI files complaint with India regulator

The Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (CREDAI) has filed a complaint with the Competition Commission of India (CCI) against cement manufacturers for the alleged manipu...
News - 06 October 2015

Dangote Cement appoints two regional CEOs

Dangote Cement has appointed two new Regional Chief Executive Officers (RCEOs) to lead its Nigeria and West and Central Africa divisions. Arvind Pathak has been named the new RCEO of Nigeria whil...
News - 01 October 2015

UltraTech Cement

UltraTech’s Awarpur plant in Maharasthra has been given Environment Ministry clearance to expand its capacity. The proposal will see cement capacity rise from 4.48Mta to 6Mta and clinker potential...
Corporate - 29 September 2015

JSW Group plans Salboni plant, India

JSW Group announced that it will be setting up a 2.4Mta grinding plant at Salboni in West Midnapore district, West Bengal, India. A 10Mt steel plant was originally planned for the site, but th...
News - 29 September 2015

Orient Cement commissions Karnataka plant, India

Orient Cement has commissioned and started commercial production of its new integrated greenfield cement plant Chittapur, Gulbarga district, Karnataka, with an installed capacity of 3Mta. The fir...
News - 28 September 2015

Government to cancel India Cements plant

The government of India has decided to cancel the allotment of a cement plant given to India Cements in Gumma, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The decision was taken after India Cements expressed its ...
News - 25 September 2015

Kenya: West Pokot plant construction poised for 2016 start

Construction work on a long-awaited cement plant in West Pokot County, Kenya, is due to commence early next year, company officials have confirmed. Cemtech Ltd, a subsidiary of India's Sanghi Gr...
News - 25 September 2015

CCI clears HeidelbergCement-Italcementi deal

Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved HeidelbergCement's proposed acquisition of Italcementi SpA. The fair trade regulator said in a tweet said it has approved "acquisition of Italcem...
News - 25 September 2015