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Orient Cement receives environmental clearance for new plant, India

Orient Cement has received environmental clearance for its 3Mta greenfield plant in Chittapur in Gulbarga district, Karnataka, India. The plant is expected to be ready by the end of December 2015...
News - 04 July 2013

CCI approves sale of Lafarge India stake

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has cleared the proposed 14 per cent sale of Lafarge India Pvt Ltd to Baring Private Equity Asia. "The combination is not likely to have appreciable ad...
News - 03 July 2013

Holcim to restructure Indian operations?

Holcim is reportedly planning to restructure its Indian operations which could see the merger of its two local subsidiaries, ACC and Ambuja Cements. Citing various sources familiar with the situa...
News - 03 July 2013

Nepal sees double-digit rise in imports

Cement imports to Nepal have increased by 15.5 per cent in the first 10 months of the year, according to data from the Trade and Export Promotion Centre. During the review period, Nepal importe...
News - 03 July 2013

UltraTech Cement

UltraTech Cement saw its shares lose seven per cent of their value in the first week of June as the seasonal monsoon rains arrived, which are due to last until September. This will do little to ch...
Corporate - 02 July 2013

Pakistan export earnings up in 11MFY13

During the first 11 months of fiscal FY12-3, Pakistan exported 8.013Mt of cement and earned US$524.68m, up 1.27 per cent and 17.43 per cent, respectively. These latest figures come from Pakistan...
News - 02 July 2013

Building Belgaum

A key player in cement manufacturing since 1939, Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd (DCBL) is not only in the top quartile in terms of market share in India, but also a pioneer in super-specialty cements ...
Articles - 01 July 2013

Sanghi Industries to invest in logistic improvements, debottlenecking, India

Sanghi Industries plans to invest in the upgrading of its logistics and removing bottlenecks at its Kutch plant to drive down debt. Company director Alok Sanghi said the company will invest INR1...
News - 01 July 2013

JK Cement aims to double capacity in 5-7 years

JK Cement Ltd is undertaking several expansion projects to cement its position in the domestic as well as international markets.     The Kanpur-based Indian company is setting up a 0.6Mta white ...
News - 28 June 2013

India: Century Textiles to raise capacity to 12.8Mta by end-FY14

BK Birla-led Century Textiles is ramping up cement capacity to 12.8Mta by end-FY14 even as it described the present over-capacity situation as a major concern for the sector. "The (Manikgarh Uni...
News - 27 June 2013