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Importing cement will help bring price downIf the Pakistani and Chinese cement make their way to Indian market, a bag of cement which costs Rs 251 in Mumbai could be as low as Rs 140 per bag according to local press reports. The Builders’...News - 21 May 2007 |
Ease of procedure for Indian’s cement import – on par with steelUrging for ’at par’ treatment with steel imports, the Indian building and construction industry has asked the government to remove all procedural hurdles in the import of cement. Procedural h...News - 18 May 2007 |
Lack of cement halts projectsIndustry bodies in India state that red tape is holding up the import of cement needed for important infrastructure projects. Mumbai’s construction industry has urged the government to remove ...News - 18 May 2007 |
Rural housing turns best bet for cement, IndiaWith increasing rural affluence, demand for cement for construction of houses in villages has gone up significantly over the last few years. Rural housing, according to industry estimates, is exp...News - 16 May 2007 |
Foreign cement makers line up for BIS approval, PakistanThe Pakistan government’s effort to fight inflation by removing import duty on cement has had the desired result: a clutch of foreign firms have applied for Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) certif...News - 16 May 2007 |
Slowdown in cement; core sector grows 10% in MarchCement production in India slowed in 2006-07, with a sharp decline recorded in March, data from the index of six infrastructure industries showed today. The overall six core sector index, whi...News - 14 May 2007 |
Workers demand re-start of South India Cement factoryMembers of South India Cement Factory Workers’ Union staged a dharna near the deputy commissioner’s office in the City on Saturday. Members of South India Cement Factory Workers’ Union staged a d...News - 14 May 2007 |
Pakistan’s Lucky Cement plans shipments to IndiaLucky Cement, Pakistan’s biggest maker of building material plans to ship 200,000t of cement to India in the next 12 months to take advantage of a supply shortage in South Asia’s biggest economy. ...News - 10 May 2007 |
Burnpur Cement plans 1Mt plant in Jharkhand, IndiaBurnpur Cement Ltd (BCL), a West Bengal-based cement manufacturer, has tied up with ThyssenKrupp Industries India for setting up a1Mt at Patratu in Jharkhand with an eye on the 8-9% demand growth....News - 10 May 2007 |
Holcim raises stake in ACCHolcim has raised its stake in India’s top cement manufacturer ACC Ltd by three per cent to nearly 42 per cent by buying shares from the open market for over Rs 6.40bn (US$157.4m). The Swiss ...News - 09 May 2007 |