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India: engineers asked to go for concrete roads

Keeping various factors such as cost, including towards maintenance and sustainability in mind, Highways engineers must go for cement concrete roads instead of relying on bitumen, said S. Jaswant ...
News - 15 October 2010

India: cement cos to hike prices again despite low demand

Cement makers seem to be on a spree to hike prices of the commodity despite sluggish demand. In less than a fortnight after increasing price by INR20/ 50kg bag mostly in western and southern India...
News - 15 October 2010

India: cement sales growth surges after three months

After three consecutive months of poor performance, the domestic cement industry managed to do reasonably well in September with sales growth of 6.04 per cent. According to the latest statistics ...
News - 15 October 2010

India: ‘Present cement price hike appears artificial’

Members of Salem Civil Engineers Association staged a demonstration on Wednesday demanding the government to take steps to bring down the steep hike in the price of cement, which they claimed had ...
News - 14 October 2010

India: Lafarge gets support from Nongtrai village

The traditional council of the village where the limestone mining project of Lafarge is located in Meghalaya, India has spoken in favour of the French cement giant. They presented their take on th...
News - 14 October 2010

Nepal: largest clinker plant in Rupandehi

Dynasty Industries Nepal has established the largest clinker factory in the country in Rupandehi district. The factory, which is established at the cost of INR1.5bn, is promoted by a group led by ...
News - 14 October 2010

India July-September quarter rises 2-3% - JK Cement

India’s cement demand grew at a sluggish pace of 2%-3% in the July-September quarter due to seasonal factors, but could improve significantly in the second half of the fiscal year, a senior execut...
News - 13 October 2010

BAI calls for mechanism to regulate prices, India

Shocked over the cement prices going up by a hundred per cent within a month, the Builders’ Association of India has urged the State government to intervene immediately to control the soaring pric...
News - 13 October 2010

Pakistan cement exports fall

Pakistan cement and clinker export dispatches reached 622,970t in September 2010 compared to 821,413t in corresponding period last year – reflecting a decrease of 24.16 per cent over September 200...
News - 13 October 2010

Villagers in favour of Lafarge, Bangladesh

The traditional council of the village where the limestone mining project of Lafarge is located in Meghalaya, India has spoken in favor of the French cement giant. They presented their take on th...
News - 12 October 2010