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India to provide three trains to import cement from Pakistan

Business Recorder reported that Indian government has agreed to provide three trains per week for carrying cement consignments from Pakistan for its domestic consumption. As per the report, Pakis...
News - 11 March 2008

Andhra Pradesh cement prices likely to go up

Cement prices in Andhra Pradesh are likely to go up soon due to an increase in input costs and buoyancy in construction activity.     The industry is studying the impact of the hike in diesel pri...
News - 11 March 2008

Indian cement export falls by 40% in FY08 on rising local demand

Cement exports from India declined by 40% in the April-January period this fiscal compared to last year due to rising domestic demand and consequent attractive realisation at home compared to expo...
News - 07 March 2008

Asia leads Ciments Français’ growth

Ciments Français, which covers virtually all of the non-Italian operations of the Italcementi group, improved turnover last year by 6.9% to €4,685.2m, but the EBITDA declined by 0.4% to €1.209.1m a...
News - 07 March 2008

India Cements hunts for coal

After buying ships to ferry coal to its cement plants spread across in South India, The India Cements Ltd (ICL), is heading to acquire coal mines itself. The mandate now is to buy mines in Indones...
News - 06 March 2008

Holcim seeks transit to export clinker to India over Bangladesh

Holcim has requested the Commerce Ministry to give it the transit facility for transporting clinker from Chittagong port to India through the land ports on the border.     Sources in Commerce Min...
News - 06 March 2008

SW cement plant at Salboni, India

Sajjan Jindal-owned JSW Steel Group will be setting up a 3Mt cement plant at Salboni in West Bengal. The company has already decided to develop a 10Mt integrated steel plant with an investment of ...
News - 04 March 2008

Aditya Birla Feb cement shipments up 5.3 per cent YoY

India’s Aditya Birla Group’s cement shipments in February rose 5.3 per cent to 2.73Mt from year earlier.     Cement production rose 5.7 per cent to 2.75Mt, it said in a statement on Monday.     ...
News - 04 March 2008

Bulk cement prices up in western India

Bulk cement prices have gone up by INR4-7/50kg bag in western India with effect from March 1, a trade official said on Monday.     However, retail prices have not been raised, said Sanjay Ladiwal...
News - 03 March 2008

India: increase in excise duty likely to be passed on to customers

The cement industry, which is expected to grow at a robust rate during FY09, driven by rising demand from the real estate and infrastructure sectors, is disappointed with no benefits being announc...
News - 03 March 2008