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India: cement companies struggle with rising costs

With India looking to spend billions of dollars over the next few years to develop its creaking infrastructure, it would be fair to assume that cement companies would be among the top beneficiarie...
News - 22 October 2010

Pakistan exported cement worth US$110m

The Pakistan government released official export data regarding cement deliveries from the country to Afghanistan, India and African markets during the first three months (Jul-Sep) of the current ...
News - 22 October 2010

Malaysia’s YTL signs deal with Gopeng

YTL Cement Bhd entered into an agreement with Gopeng Bhd for the acquisition of the 35.16% interest in Perak-Hanjoong Simen Sdn Bhd for MYR200m. At present YTL owns 64.84% of equity interest in ...
News - 21 October 2010

ACC headquarters receives LEED India NC Gold

ACC Limited has received the LEED India NC Gold rating awarded for its headquarter building ’Cement House’ located in Mumbai, India. The award was presented by Tony Arnel, Chair, World Green Bui...
News - 20 October 2010

JK Cement confident of better show in second half

RG Bagla, group executive president at JK Cement, has spoken about the latest activity at his company and the road ahead for the producer in an interview with CNBC-TV18. Below is a verbatim transc...
News - 20 October 2010

Lower demand, prices to affect most Indian producers

Two of India’s top three cement makers are likely to post a drop in net profit for the quarter ended September 30, due to a fall in demand, lower prices and higher costs. Among the three, UltraTe...
News - 20 October 2010

Tamil Nadu builders import cement from Pakistan

With rising cement prices in Tamil Nadu, a group of builders are importing cement from Pakistan. ’A group of builders have imported cement from Pakistan via Kochi port in Kerala,’ Prakash Challa,...
News - 20 October 2010

India’s Ambuja says strike hits cement output

India’s No. 3 cement maker Ambuja Cements Ltd said on Monday dispatches and production at its plants in the northern Himachal Pradesh state had stopped since Oct 7, due to a transport strike. The...
News - 19 October 2010

Binani Industries to acquire public stake in Binani Cement

Binani Industries Limited, a manufacturer of zinc, cement, glass and composites, has agreed to acquire the entire public equity shareholding of its subsidiary Binani Cement Limited, a manufacturer...
News - 19 October 2010

Bangladesh cement manufacturer expands capacity??

Aramit Cement Limited - a unit of Bangladesh leading building material group, Aramit Group, announced that it is enhancing its cement plant capacity from 700tpd to 1000tpd in Southern Bangladesh. ...
News - 18 October 2010