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India Cements’ MD Srinivasan increases stake in company

Vice Chairman and MD of the Chennai-based India Cements, N Srinivasan has increased his stake in the company to 0.14% from 0.05% by shelling out INR18.9m (US$0.424m). Srinivasan has bought 280,0...
News - 01 July 2011

India: cement overcapacity worries Birla Corp

Birla Corporation is worried over pressure on margins following huge overcapacity of cement owing to lack of demand. The company’s cement manufacturing capacity is around 7.5Mta and production has...
News - 30 June 2011

Pakistan cement exports decline

Pakistan exported 861,500t of cement and earned US$40.440m in May 2011 compared to 933,709t at US$39.798m in April 2011. This reflects a decline of 7.73 per cent in terms of quantity but an increa...
News - 29 June 2011

UltraTech Cement plans grinding unit in Tuticorin, India

UltraTech Cement, part of Aditya Birla group, plans to set up a cement grinding unit in Tuticorin in southern Tamil Nadu. "We are at an exploratory stage for the grinding unit," OP Puranmalka, Gr...
News - 28 June 2011

Vinsri buys 5.43% stake in Bheema Cement, India

Vinsri Cement Industries Private Ltd has acquired 5.43 per cent stake in Bheema Cements Ltd. The promoters of the Hyderabad-based company, Mr SRB Ramesh and Mr S Kishore, had transferred 14,37,352...
News - 28 June 2011

Gujarat limestone supply deals to be signed, India

State-promoted mineral major Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC) has cleared the way for limestone supply to some of the cement projects signed during the Vibrant Gujarat Summit. Comp...
News - 27 June 2011

Gujarat cement prices fall, India

Cement prices in Gujarat have dropped by up to INR100 per bag (35%) from the peak on account of poor demand (particularly from the housing segment) coupled with intense competition, according to a...
News - 22 June 2011

JK Cement signs cricketer as brand endorser, India

JK Cement has for the first time, brought on board a celebrity endorser for its various products. Cricketer Virender Sehwag has been signed for a two-year period. Nitish Chopra, brand manager, JK...
News - 22 June 2011

Birla: overcapacity to persist in current fiscal, India

The Indian cement industry is set to continue being impacted by increasing volume additions and higher input costs, according to Harsh Lodha, chairman of the Birla Corp. In a meeting with shareho...
News - 20 June 2011

India: May demand remains sluggish

Cement demand in India remained sluggish in May 2011 due to slowdown in infrastructure and real estate sectors. However, cement major ACC reported a 14% increase in sales for May 2011, mainly due ...
News - 15 June 2011