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NCP opposes new Samba cement plant

The Indian Nacionalist Congress Party (NCP) has strongly criticised the decision of the Jammu and Kashmir government for a new cement plant in Samba district, saying that the project acquired agri...
News - 19 November 2012

Indian government deallocates coal blocks

India’s Ministry of Coal has issued deallocation letters for eight coal blocks, putting into action a recent decision by the Inter-Ministerial Group.  Government has issued letters for at least ei...
News - 19 November 2012

Bangladesh: Premier Cement Mills completes expansion programme

Leading cement manufacturer and exporter in Bangladesh, Premier Cement Mills Limited (PCML), has announced the completion of it expansion programme, raising the consolidated installed capacity of ...
News - 16 November 2012

India: Kozhikode construction sector comes to a standstill

India's construction sector in the Kozhikode district has come to a grinding halt with the availability of all key building materials, including cement, severely hit by indefinite strikes called b...
News - 16 November 2012

India: Lanco Industries to set up mini cement plant

Lanco Industries Ltd's borad of directors have approved a project to erect a 300,000tpa mini cement plant with a rotary kiln at an estimated cost of US$22.7m (INR125Crore) in place of existing ver...
News - 16 November 2012

India: cement dealers in the state will go on an indefinite strike

The agitation, spearheaded by Kerala Cement Dealers Association, is likely to severely affect infrastructural development activities in the state. A ccording to the association State president So...
News - 15 November 2012

CRH hopes US storm repair work will help its sales

CRH expects to benefit next year from the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Sandy on the east coast of the US as reconstruction work gets underway. But the storm has also severely hampered its mate...
News - 15 November 2012

UltraTech's sustainable journey

Harmonising economic goals with the development of employees, vendors and the communities in which it operates, is in the DNA of Aditya Birla Group (ABG), where the concept of trusteeship is deepl...
Articles - 14 November 2012

Indian cement sector to add 21.2Mta by the end of 2013

Project completions in India are expected to proceed at a brisk pace in the 2H12-13. In the cement sector, 21.2Mt of additional production capacity has been lined up for completion in 2012-13, of ...
News - 14 November 2012

Flying start for India?

While Indian cement consumption is recovering, the INR67bn (US$1.1bn) cartel fine imposed by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) on the industry provided an eventful start to the country’s 1...
Articles - 12 November 2012