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India: 21 new cement plants to come up in nine districts

Twenty one new cement plants will be set up in Madhya Pradesh. 18 Big industrial groups like Aditya Birla Group, Ambuja Cement, Dalmia Cement, Imami Cement and Essar Cements Ltd etc will invest 25...
News - 23 November 2010

India’s ‘My Home’ plans further expansion

My Home Industries Ltd., a south Indian cement major, is investing INR400 crore  (US$88m) to augment capacity of its state-of-the-art new plant at Vizag, Andhra Pradesh, and for acquiring new unit...
News - 22 November 2010

India cement sales up 18% in October

Domestic cement companies registered a sales growth in October, despite a lull in major infrastructure projects. The 275Mt industry witnessed a rise of 18.54 per cent in its sales volumes at 18.22...
News - 19 November 2010

Shree sees upturn ahead, India

HM Bangur, MD of Shree Cements in an interview on CNBC-TV18 said the cement industry was still expecting a good recovery. "From December we expect the market to grow better as the worst is behind ...
News - 19 November 2010

FLSmidth CEO sees emerging markets drive growth

FLSmidth expects cement production in India, South America and Africa to rise further and demand in Europe and North America to remain lackluster, the Danish equipment supplier to the cement and m...
News - 19 November 2010

Truckers strike to impact Ambuja margins, India

Ambuja Cements Ltd is facing adverse impact on its profit margins due to the strike by transporters in Himachal Pradesh. Transporters associated with Suli and Rauri plants are demanding higher rat...
News - 19 November 2010

India: revival of cement unit in sight

A proposal for the revival of the Adilabad unit of Cement Corporation of India (CCI) under public private partnership will be placed before the Union Cabinet for its approval in the ongoing winter...
News - 18 November 2010

India NTPC chair: may set up cement plant with NALCO

India’s state-run power utility NTPC may set up a cement plant in a joint venture with National Aluminium Co, NTPC Chairman Arup Roy Choudhury said on Tuesday. "In a month to a month-and-a-half, w...
News - 16 November 2010

Ambuja Cements: deadlock with north India transporters continues

Ambuja Cements Ltd said Tuesday said that production and dispatches from its north India plants have been stopped on account of a prolonged transporters’ strike. Transporters working for the comp...
News - 16 November 2010

Afghanistan invites Indian companies to invest in cement production

The Minister of Mines of Afghanistan, Mr. Waheedullah Shahrani called on the Union Minister of Mines & Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), Shri B.K. Handique to invite Indian companies to...
News - 15 November 2010