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Holcim declines comment on Indian bid talk

Holcim , the world’s second biggest cement maker, has declined comment on market talk that it was eyeing India’s third-largest cement maker Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd to expand its operations in I...
News - 05 January 2006

Indian cement sales show steady gains

Local analysts expect India’s demand (including exports) to increase by about 10Mt in the new calendar year and cross the 150Mt mark. On the other hand, the installed capacity of about 155Mt is...
News - 04 January 2006

ACC December cement shipments up

India’s second-biggest cement producer, Associated Cement Companies Ltd, said on Tuesday its December shipments rose 18 per cent to 1.595Mt from 1.348Mt a year earlier. The Mumbai-based company sai...
News - 03 January 2006

Gujarat Ambuja December shipments up

Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd. , India’s third-biggest cement maker, said on Tuesday its December shipments rose seven per cent from a year earlier to 1.195Mt. Ambuja’s cement production in the same p...
News - 03 January 2006

Indian cement firms lift prices

India’s top cement makers have raised prices by an average 3 rupees per bag in Mumbai, the country’s largest cement market, effective from Monday to cash in on strong demand, dealers said on Tuesda...
News - 03 January 2006

Ramco to set up cement plant in Gulf

India’s business group Ramco has started negotiations with potential partners for setting up a US$100m cement plant in the Gulf region, a senior company official said here.  The Ramco group is in d...
News - 03 January 2006

Indian coal supplies get expensive

Domestic coal may soon become dearer for the cement and steel and sectors. Apparently  because these sectors have been asked to source at least 20 per cent of their needs from the open market. ...
News - 03 January 2006

Indian building boom spurs cement capacity drive

Indian cement makers are pouring money into new capacity as builders race to meet orders for new homes and roads for an economy growing by eight per cent a year – reports Reuters. Near...
News - 01 January 2006

UK and Sweden honouring Kyoto agreement

  Britain will meet its commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions under the Kyoto protocol on climate change but many other European countries will fail to do so, according to a re...
News - 01 January 2006

Birla group to consolidate cement units?

  Close on the heels of the Aditya Birla Nuvo consolidation which gave Kumar Mangalam Birla an upfront 10 per cent increase in promoter’s holding in the company, the chairman of the A...
News - 30 December 2005