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Indian customs halts cement consignment

Petrapole Customs Authority of India has stopped a consignment of Confidence Cement seeking a test of standard of the product, much to the frustration of Bangladeshi exporters. Sources said the c...
News - 01 October 2007

Cement companies queue up for facilities near mega power plants

Plans to build several 4,000MW ultra mega power projects in India are expected to have an interesting fallout—a major expansion of cement manufacturing capacity. Cement companies such as Grasim I...
News - 26 September 2007

ABB India bags Rs 93-cr order for cement plant in Jordan

ABB Ltd has announced that ABB India has won a Rs 93.3-crore order from KHD Humboldt Wedag GmbH, Germany to provide a turnkey electrics and automation solution for a 500tpd capacity greenfield cem...
News - 26 September 2007

Lucky Cement likely to be key beneficiary

Lucky Cement is likely to be the biggest beneficiary of the ongoing regional cement supply shortfall in the Middle East and India as it is the only cement producer located near the Karachi port. A...
News - 26 September 2007

Bihir, India to get more grinding unts

The Nitish Kumar-led government in Bihar, India has received proposals for investment worth Rs 400 crore from cement companies, Ambuja Cements and the Birla Corporation.   Ambuja Cem...
News - 25 September 2007

Cement supply stabilises as govt eases import rules, Qatar

The relaxation in import procedures and the “production boost” in Saudi Arabia has stabilised cement supply in Qatar. Cement price which had scaled up considerably due to chronic shortage has als...
News - 24 September 2007

Holcim picks up 3.9 per cent stake in Ambuja Cements, India

Holcim today consolidated its holdings in  Ambuja Cements to 36.2 per cent after picking up 3.9 per cent stake in the domestic firm for Rs 924 crore in open market transactions.   Holcim’s subsi...
News - 24 September 2007

Ambuja Cement plans major expansion in Himachal

Ambuja Cement Limited (ACL) is planning a major expansion in Himachal Pradesh. The company which has a cement plant at Darlaghat in Solan with a capacity of 2Mta is planning to enhance capacity by...
News - 24 September 2007

Nalco taps private firms for fly ash cement project

First it was Vedanta Resources and now state-owned Nalco took a step in this direction exploring options for a cement company.     Bhubaneshwar-based Nalco, Asia’s largest alumina company, recent...
News - 21 September 2007

Binani Cements Ltd to double production

Binani Cements Ltd, the flagship company of Binani Industries Ltd, plans to nearly double production over the next three to four years by expanding current capacity and developing new projects in ...
News - 20 September 2007