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ACC gets approval for merger

Associated Cement Companies Ltd today said it has received approval from the Bombay High Court for the merger of Tarmac (India) Ltd with itself.  The company informed the Bombay Stock Exchange tha...
News - 04 September 2006

Cement Corporation restructuring

Seven shut down units of state-owned Cement Corporation of India (CCI) are planned to be sold off soon to revive three of the remaining plants in Andhra Pradesh, Assam and Himachal Pradesh, Heavy ...
News - 29 August 2006

UltraTech won’t be merged with Grasim

The Aditya Birla group has no plans of merging UltraTech Cement with parent Grasim Industries, chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla said on Monday, putting to rest recent speculation that the group is wo...
News - 29 August 2006

Holcim fined for breach of open offer

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Friday slapped a penalty of Rs25 crore (US$5m) on Holcim (India) for violation of Sebi’s open offer norms with respect to its indirect acquisit...
News - 29 August 2006

Rebate on cement export to Kabul

Pakistan is being pressurised by the United States for resumption of rebate on cement export to Afghanistan. The rebate was withdrawn by the federal government to stabilise prices in the local mar...
News - 25 August 2006

HeidelbergCement set to take majority stake

HeidelbergCement is planning to take a majority stake in its equal joint venture with India’s IndoRama Cement, the Economic Times reported Thursday, quoting HeidelbergCement managing board member ...
News - 24 August 2006

Mysore Cements allots shares to Heidelberg

S K Birla group company, Mysore Cements Ltd, today said it has restructured its board and has allotted 6.65 crore additional fully paid-up equity shares to Cementrum IBV, a subsidiary of German ce...
News - 24 August 2006

Holcim on growth track

In the first six months of 2006, Holcim produced further organic growth and improved its financial performance. Contributing factors include the generally favorable market environment, the enhance...
News - 24 August 2006

Plan to clamp down on cement prices?

Changes in India’s cement prices never made big headlines, not until the first week of April when it touched an all-time high of Rs 240 in Mumbai-India’s largest cement market. The pricing of ceme...
News - 23 August 2006

Slag and fly ash Question 1

We are interested to start a mini slag cement plant in India. We are thinking to use air cooled blast furnace slag instead of ground granulated blast furnace slag.Is it OK or not?
Archived Questions - 22 August 2006