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Pakistan cement exports to India comes to a halt

Cement export to India has come to a complete halt following the imposition of 12 per cent duties on its import by the Indian government, industry sources said on Friday. With the final shipment b...
News - 12 January 2009

India cement cos expected to perform better in Q3

The 206.46Mt cement industry is expected to post better financial performance in the third quarter of FY09 ending December 2008, as compared to the two previous quarters, say experts. Driven by s...
News - 12 January 2009

New Order for Timken

The Timken Company will supply large-bore bearings for critical applications in cement-making equipment used by the Jaypee Group, India’ fourth-largest cement producer. Timken will provide spheri...
News - 09 January 2009

Lafarge sets sights on emerging markets

Lafarge is pursuing growth in emerging markets in an attempt to counteract the downturn in the construction sector, the Financial Times reports. The group’s chairman and chief executive Bruno Laf...
News - 07 January 2009

3Q: mixed bag for Indian cement companies

The third quarter of the financial year is expected to be a mixed bag for the Indian cement industry. The cost push has receded with the drop in energy and freight expenses, but demand has also di...
News - 07 January 2009

Cement supplies to be hit if truckers strike goes long, India

Cement manufacturers, who are already reeling under the pressure of low demand for the commodity, have raised concerns over the indefinite strike by the transporters from Monday. Transporters, who...
News - 06 January 2009

India cement industry seeks support from government

BL reported that the Indian cement sector has expressed its wish for a better deal from the government, though it welcomed the second stimulus package. Mr AL Kapoor MD of Ambuja Cement said that ...
News - 06 January 2009

India: cement makers start shutting down plants

Faced with an oversupply and low utilisation levels, Indian producers have started shutting down their plants in the north. ACC, the country’s biggest cement manufacturer, had announced the closu...
News - 05 January 2009

Indian producers welcome import duties

As the Indian government has brought back the countervailing duty (CVD) on cement the domestic cement industry has supported the move with HM Bangur, president of the Cement Manufacturers’ Associ...
News - 03 January 2009

Market leader ACC reviews past year

Sumit Banerjee, Managing Director of ACC, one of India’s leading cement groups discusses the past year, with 2008 marking the beginning of the end of one of the longest-profitable cycles the count...
News - 03 January 2009