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Cement companies to post higher price realisation in Q1, India

The Indian cement sector is expected to post good numbers for April-June quarter despite a major correction in the benchmark Sensex and the government’s admonition of cement companies over abnorma...
News - 11 July 2006

India’s Petron wins Yemen contract

India’s Petron Engineering Construction Ltd. said on Monday it had signed a contract worth US$13.4m with Yemen’s National Cement Company for its participation in building a cement plant in Yemen.
News - 10 July 2006

Spotlight on India Cements

When Mr N Srinivasan took over as vice chairman and managing director of India Cements Ltd. in 1989, the company had an annual production capacity of 1.6Mt and sales of 1.30 billion rupees (US$28....
News - 10 July 2006

Cement sector growth remains buoyant in June, India

The Indian cement sector maintained its upward trend in production and despatch figures for the month of June 2006 as well, though growth rates have come down modestly from the first two months of...
News - 10 July 2006

Shree Cement more growth in July-August, India

MK Singhi, executive director of Shree Cements, says that the monsoon has not particularly affected sales  the June quarter. Sales have gone up 63 per cent and they have been able to capture mor...
News - 07 July 2006

ACC’s ready mixed concrete plant gets ISO 14001

Mumbai-based Associated Cement Companies Ltd’s (ACC) ready mixed concrete facility at Faridabad in Haryana has recieved the ISO 14001 certification for adhering to global safety and environmental ...
News - 06 July 2006

Lebanese company establishes factory in Suleimaniah

Suleimaniah’s General Director for the Promotion of Investments, Mahdi Sheran, has announced an agreement with Lebanese company GRD to construct a cement factory in Bazian. “The project will cost...
News - 06 July 2006

Penden Cement: rising demand from India

Demand for cement has increased and sufficient orders are at hand for the coming months but the monsoon which floods the plains in India and block roads in Bhutan is, as in the past, a thing to wo...
News - 05 July 2006

Making tomorrow’s buildings more energy efficient

According to the International Energy Agency, the consumption of coal, oil and gas rose by 700% between the early 1960s and the year 2000. Today approximately 40% of the total energy used in OECD ...
News - 04 July 2006

Aditya Birla group June cement shipment up

India’s Aditya Birla group on Monday said its cement shipment in June rose 9.4 per cent on year to 2.47Mt. The group, including flagship Grasim Industries Ltd. and UltraTech Cement Ltd, produced 2...
News - 03 July 2006