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India supplies bagged cement to Sri Lanka

The Indian High Commissioner Ashok K Kantha on Wednesday handed ULM Haldeen, Secretary, Ministry of Resettlement and the Disaster Relief Services, the first lot of 10,000 of the 400,000 bags of ce...
News - 01 April 2010

Second Indian firm to set up plant in Pokot, Kenya

Another India-based company has won a tender to set up a cement plant in the North Rift as firms seek to enter the lucrative Kenyan market, according to local press reports. Gleen Investment has ...
News - 01 April 2010

Nirma proposes to release land, India

Nirma Industries Ltd Wednesday, proposed before the Gujarat High Court, that it can release 46ha of land allotted for its cement plant after petitioners alleged that the land for the proposed proj...
News - 01 April 2010

Holcim

Holcim's turnover in 2009 was down by 16.0 per cent to CHF21,132m (€13,995m), which on a comparative basis represents a 10.0 per cent reduction. The operating EBITDA was down slightly less, by 13.2...
Corporate - 31 March 2010

Prices to see third successive rise, India

Cement prices in India are likely to increase by INR7, the third successive rise this year by companies looking to under the rise in input costs, according to dealers. “Costs of coal, the main ma...
News - 31 March 2010

India: Madras Cement to increase capacity

Madras Cements Ltd is planning to increase capacity of its Ariyalur plant in Tamil Nadu. The company has also proposed to set up a 65MW coal-based power plant for captive purpose. AV Dharmakrishn...
News - 31 March 2010

ACC in solid waste management drive for Bargarh

ACC of India has decided to process non-degradable waste  materials (such as water bottles, polythene and other waste materials) in the cement making process at its plant in Bargarh, western Oriss...
News - 30 March 2010

Court orders Lafarge to obtain fresh approval, Bangladesh

India’s Supreme Court has ordered Lafarge Bangladesh’s works to get approval from the federal environmental agency before it resumes mining for limestone in the eastern state of Meghalaya. Busine...
News - 30 March 2010

VRL Group plans entry into cement business, India

Transport tycoon, Vijay Sankeshwar, who operates India’s largest road transport company, VRL Logistics Ltd, is foraying into cement manufacturing business. He has formed a new company, VRL Cements...
News - 30 March 2010

Prism Cement: margins still of concern, India

Prism Cement recently received approval from the relevant authorities for the merger of two of its unlisted group companies, H&R Johnson (India) and RMC Readymix (India) with itself. The all-stoc...
News - 30 March 2010