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JSW Cement plans two new grinding plants, India

JSW Cement plans to start two greenfield grinding units each in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, India, with potential locations currently being identified. Anil Kumar Pillai, JSW Cement Director an...
News - 30 June 2015

Challenges and opportunities

With limited fossil fuel reserves suitable for cement production, India is seeking to increase its use of alternative fuels. In this undertaking, the country faces significant and wide-ranging cha...
Articles - 29 June 2015

UltraTech

Unseasonably wet weather in the opening months of this year has hampered infrastructure projects in India, resulting in a slowdown in cement demand. Despite new capacity, UltraTech has already rep...
Corporate - 29 June 2015

PPC

Marking the first collaboration between the two companies, PPC has recently signed an EPC contract with Sinoma’s CMBI Construction Co Ltd for a new 3000tpd clinker production line at PPC’s Slurry ...
Corporate - 29 June 2015

Ujjwal Batria appointed as Lafarge India CEO

Lafarge has appointed Ujjwal Batria as the India CEO effective 22 June 2015. Mr Batria takes over the responsibility from Martin Kriegner who has been appointed future Area Manager Central Europe ...
News - 26 June 2015

HeidelbergCement India clarifies reports on Jaiprakash talks

HeidelbergCement has sought to clarify a report by the Financial Express (India) which stated that the cement producer is in advanced talks to purchase Jaiprakash's Sikandarabad unit in Uttar Prad...
News - 23 June 2015

Government of India transfers environment clearance of 19 coal blocks

The government of India has so far transferred the environment clearance (EC) of 19 coal blocks out of a total of 29 approved mines from the previous allottees to new successful bidders including ...
News - 23 June 2015

HeidelbergCement reportedly in talks for Jaiprakash unit

HeidelbergCement is reportedly in talks to buy Jaiprakash’s Sikandarabad unit in Uttar Pradesh, according to local media. “Heidelberg is in advanced stages of negotiations with JP Associates to b...
News - 22 June 2015

India: AP producers set to receive state spending boost

Cement companies based in the southeastern state of Andhra Pradesh (AP) are to receive a boost from the state government's plans to procure more than 2Mt of cement this year for infrastructure and...
News - 19 June 2015

Wonder Cement plans capacity expansion, India

Wonder Cement Ltd plans to increase capacity to 10Mta in the next five years from the present 3.25Mta. "We have 3.25Mta cement manufacturing capacity at our Bhatkotri village unit in Rajasthan an...
News - 18 June 2015