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Importing cement will help bring price down

If 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 steel

Urging 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 projects

Industry 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, India

With 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, Pakistan

The 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 March

Cement 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 factory

Members 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 India

Lucky 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, India

Burnpur 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 ACC

Holcim 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