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India lifts ban on cement exports - trade ministryIndia 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 fateWith 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 demandThe 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 updateBusiness 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 cheaperIn 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 StrengthThe 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 downgradedThe 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 AsiaMaytas 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 pricesThe 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 weekACC, 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 |