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Jaiprakash September shipments rise 17%

India’s Jaiprakash Associates said cement shipments in September rose 17 per cent to 1.35Mt. The engineering and construction firm, which also has interests in hospitality and power, operates capa...
News - 03 October 2011

JSW new plant to begin production, India

JSW Cement, the cement arm of the JSW group, is set to commence production from its Nandyal plant in Andhra Pradesh from next month. This is the first time JSW cement will sell in the market for ...
News - 03 October 2011

ACC to substitute 5% of coal with waste

India’s ACC plans to substitute five per cent of its annual coal requirement of about 5Mt over the next three years with waste generated by cities and industries. 

 The company aims to save INR6...
News - 03 October 2011

Indian Resources & Prism Cement coal contract

India Resources has executed a contract with Prism Cement to develop and operate the first phase of Prism’s Sial Ghoghri coal deposits over 30 years. Once operational, the first phase of the Sial...
News - 30 September 2011

Holcim

Markus Akermann, the current chief executive of Holcim, will retire at the end of January, having fulfilled the role for the past 10 years. His successor is 50 year-old French citizen, Bernard Font...
Corporate - 30 September 2011

Petron Engineering secures Lafarge India contract

Petron Engineering has secured a INR665m (US$13.6m) contract from Lafarge India for the mechanical erection, electrical and automation installation for its 5000tpd cement plant project at Chittaurg...
News - 28 September 2011

India’s R-Infra plans cement expansion

ADA Group company Infrastructure (RInfra) is currently setting up cement plants in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra and plans to expand its business to other parts of India. We plan to expand our ...
News - 28 September 2011

UltraTech plans to buy Thermal Coal from Russia

UltraTech Cement Ltd. may reportedly buy a cargo of 75,000t of power-station coal from Russia after it issued a tender for two shipments. According to reports, the Vedanta Group plans to buy two ...
News - 23 September 2011

ACC-Ambuja merger deferred indefinitely. India

The merger of ACC and Ambuja Cements, the companies controlled by Holcim has been deferred indefinitely, reports Business Standard. An investment banker, privy to the development, said, “The pare...
News - 22 September 2011

India: Q2 earnings may be weak

Indian cement companies are unlikely to report strong earnings growth in the second quarter of FY12. While the monsoon months are not the best for cement demand in India, stagnating infrastructure...
News - 22 September 2011