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Tarmac sale gains urgency, UK

The sale by the international mining group Anglo-American of Tarmac, its industrial minerals arm, which it purchased for UK£1.2bn some 10 years ago, is now being pushed forward, along with the pro...
News - 23 October 2009

India Aditya Birla cement shipments up 16 per cent YoY

India’s Aditya Birla Group said on Thursday cement shipments in September rose 15.8 per cent from a year earlier to 2.77Mt. Production rose an annual 14.6 per cent to 2.74Mt, the company said in ...
News - 22 October 2009

India: government assures dependable coal supply to cement industry

The government today assured the cement industry of a more stable supply of coal to the sector, which at present is getting only 50 per cent of its requirement through domestic source. Addressin...
News - 22 October 2009

Vinita Singhania takes over as CMA President

Vinita Singhania, Managing Director of JK Lakshmi Cement, today took over as President of the Cement Manufacturers Association (CMA). Singhania is the first woman president of CMA. She took over t...
News - 22 October 2009

India’s exports likely to turn positive by December

India’s exports contracting from October last year due to global economic crisis are likely to enter into positive zone by December, said the state minister for Commerce and Industry, Jyotiraditya...
News - 22 October 2009

Jaiprakash Group to increase power generation capacity to 13470 MW

India’s strong consistent economic growth and infrastructure development has provided JAL with tremendous opportunities in Engineering & Construction where the company has an established track rec...
News - 22 October 2009

Samruddhi to Acquire Parent Grasim’s Cement Business

India’s Aditya Birla Group will transfer the cement business of unit Grasim Industries Ltd. to another subsidiary, Samruddhi Cement Ltd., as part of a plan to merge all production and sales of con...
News - 22 October 2009

India: cement companies to add 31Mt capacity in second half

Additional cement capacities of nearly 31Mt (across 33 projects) are expected to be commissioned in the second half of this fiscal at an investment of INR7963 crore (US$172.5m). These projections...
News - 20 October 2009

India: cement prices expected to weaken in Oct-March period’

The woes of the cement industry are likely to continue as prices are likely to weaken during the remaining period of the current fiscal on the back of highest ever capacity addition by the industr...
News - 20 October 2009

India: cement firm accused of illegal mining in Junagadh

The Gujarat-based company was served notice for unauthorised quarrying of limestone on 320ha, worth as much as INR640 crore (US$13.8m) in government royalty. A leading cement company has b...
News - 19 October 2009