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India lifts ban on cement exports - trade ministry

India has lifted a ban on cement exports, the trade ministry said, as price pressures eased and domestic demand is depressed due to a slowdown in construction activity. The Director General of Fo...
News - 22 December 2008

Cement firms in north India may meet ACC fate

With domestic cement major ACC succumbing to the economic slowdown and shutting down its 2.4Mt clinker unit in Himachal Pradesh, industry experts say that other cement makers in the North may not ...
News - 19 December 2008

Realtors hope govt will help in revival of demand

The Indian Union government’s recently announced stimulus package, coupled with the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) move allowing banks to provide special treatment to the real estate sector are lik...
News - 19 December 2008

ACC temporary plant closure update

Business Standard reported that ACC has become the first victim in the domestic cement industry to shut one of its plants in Himachal Pradesh for 15 days effective from Tuesday. The decision has c...
News - 18 December 2008

India: housing loans become cheaper

In an effort to boost the sagging economy the Government has decided to make banks reduce the interest on the housing loans. It is perceived that a heightened activity in the housing area would bo...
News - 17 December 2008

Re: Cement Strength

The possible reasons for the compressive strength result variation between two laboratories are Cement water ratio. Cement sand ratio. Gauging time and gauging style. Var...
Technical Cement Forum - 16 December 2008

Pakistan: ratings of four cement companies downgraded

The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency Limited (PACRA) has downgraded four cement companies and anticipates a difficult operating environment for the cement sector in the foreseeable future. PACRA vie...
News - 16 December 2008

Maytas Properties SEZ receives Holcim Award for Sustainable Construction in Asia

Maytas Properties Limited, a Hyderabad based leading Property Development Company, has received Holcim Award for Sustainable Construction in Asia Pacific for its Green IT/ITeS SEZ at Maytas Hill C...
News - 15 December 2008

India surplus capacity to weaken cement prices

The cement sector has been battling with a loss of investor confidence since the past year or so, with the ET Cement index declining a whopping 67.2% over the past one year, compared to a 52.4% fa...
News - 15 December 2008

ACC to decide on Shiva Cement warrant conversion this week

ACC, India’s single-largest cement maker and part of Holcim, is likely to decide this week on conversion of equity warrants in Shiva Cement. The conversion could substantially increase ACC’s equit...
News - 15 December 2008