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India: small producers feel pressure

Amid continuous consolidation in the domestic cement sector, with major companies capturing bigger market shares, smaller ones may find it difficult to expand their limited area of operation, acco...
News - 26 August 2010

Lafarge India starts health centre in Chittorgarh

Lafarge India, under its Corporate Social Responsibility Programme has now launched a health centre at Bhujia Kheri village in Nimbahera tehsil in district of Chittorgarh, Rajasthan. This centre w...
News - 25 August 2010

Mangalam merger approved, India

BK Birla Group company Mangalam Cement on Tuesday said its board has given in-principle nod for the merger of sister firm Mangalam Timber Products with itself. 

In a statement to the Bombay Stoc...
News - 25 August 2010

Villagers oppose Harish Cement plant, halt work, India

Hundreds of people opposed to the setting up of a cement plant at Keran village in Mandi district, HP, India today forced the representative of Harish Cement Company to go back and blocked Sundern...
News - 24 August 2010

Nepal: Cement producers to go on strike

The Cement Producers’ Association Nepal (CPAN) is planning to launch a protest programme against the Department of Commerce’s (DoC) decision to band some cement brands. 
The department has direct...
News - 24 August 2010

India: Saurashtra Cement reports June quarter loss

Saurashtra Cement swung to loss for the quarter ended June 2010. During the quarter, the company reported loss of INR 21.90m compared with a profit of INR 174.77m in the same quarter previous year...
News - 23 August 2010

India: Bharathi Cement may commission phase-II expansion by Q4

Bharathi Cement, a joint venture of French cement major Vicat, is likely to commission its second phase expansion project by the last quarter of the current fiscal. This would add 2.5Mt production...
News - 23 August 2010

Lafarge’s India-Bangladesh cement project remains frozen

Four years after operations started Lafarge’s gigantic limestone mine in Meghalaya state, north-east India, is still at a standstill, pending a decision by India’s Supreme Court. In February the ...
News - 23 August 2010

Indian firm to expand Tanzania cement plant

India-based Banco Products is investing US$65m in its cement plant in Tanzania, which targets the East African market. The investment follows Banco Products’ acquisitions of 51 per cent stake in ...
News - 23 August 2010

India: Cement glut to keep prices soft till June 2011: HeidelbergCement

The talks of INR10 per bag increase in cement prices in Mumbai did move some of the cement stocks yesterday, but where is the sector headed? Talking about the outlook of the sector, Ashish Guha, M...
News - 20 August 2010