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Cimpor: restructured for growth

Following the restructuring of Cimpor and asset swaps with InterCement Austria Holding, the Portuguese cement major is looking forward to an increased footprint in Latin America and Africa, two ge...
News - 25 March 2013

Building Al Ain

To help realise its plans to expand its building materials portfolio in the United Arab Emirates, Arkan Building Materials Co contracted Sinoma International Engineering Co Ltd to construct its ne...
Articles - 25 March 2013

Loesche awarded new contract for ACC project

Loesche, in a consortium with KHD, has been awarded a contract for its vertical roller mill technology to be employed at ACC’s Jamul plant in India. Loecshe will supply its mills type LM 56.3+3...
News - 20 March 2013

COMPAT reserves order on cement firms appeal, India

India’s Competition Appellate Tribunal (COMPAT) has reserved its order over a batch of appeals filed by cement producers contesting the INR63.07bn (US$1.1bn) penalty imposed by the Competition Com...
News - 19 March 2013

Clinker import tax hike threatens small, medium-sized producers in Assam, India

Medium and small-sized cement producers in Assam have criticized a proposal by the state government to raise the import tax of clinker by four per cent. The new proposal will see the entry tax o...
News - 18 March 2013

HSBC Global increases stake in India Cements

HSBC Global Investment Funds has purchased 384,345 shares of India Cements Ltd for an undisclosed sumy, the cement producer said in a notice to the stock exchanges. Following the acquisition, HSBC...
News - 15 March 2013

Operations resume at Awarpur plant, India

Operations have resumed at UltraTech’s Awarpur cement plant in the state of Maharashtra following a temporary closure due to strike action. The 3.6Mta has been shut since 14 March 2013 due to wor...
News - 15 March 2013

COMPAT hearing set to resume, India

The Competition Appellate Tribunal (COMPAT) hearing is to resume today over petitions filed by cement  companies over the INR63.07bn (US$1.1bn) penalty imposed by the Competition Commission of Ind...
News - 13 March 2013

Credit Suisse expects improved Indian pricing environment

The Indian cement sector could see an uptick in cement prices in the first quarter of fiscal 2014 with the biggest improvements expected to be in the north, a report on the sector by Credit Suisse...
News - 12 March 2013

Vizag Cement inaugurates slag grinding plant, India

The Vizag Cement Works has officially inaugurated its slag grinding unit at the Visakhapatnam Special Economic Zone, a major industrial centre in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India . Vizag Cem...
News - 12 March 2013