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East and West regions grow fastest in FY05, India

The growth of cement consumption in various regions of India has changed significantly in FY05. The eastern and western regions have emerged as the fastest growing regions in FY05, whereas cement ...
News - 05 October 2005

Birla cement sales down 4.1%

India’s Aditya Birla Group said the combined cement sales of two companies in the group, Grasim Industries Ltd and Ultratech Cement Ltd, in September fell 4.1 per cent on the year to 1.96Mt.    Ad...
News - 04 October 2005

Ciments Francais plans acquisitions in India, Turkey

French cement producer Ciments Francais SA, a subsidiary of Italian cement group Italcementi, is not excluding the possibility to expand its foreign activities through acquisitions in southern...
News - 21 September 2005

Birla Ambuja interested in buying CCI Cement plants

The government Wednesday said big cement companies owned by the Birla and Ambuja groups have shown interest in buying the non-functional plants belonging to the Cement Corporation of India (CCI). ...
News - 15 September 2005

Cement exports set to grow 20 per cent

Cement exports from India is set to register 20 per cent growth in the current financial year. The export growth is primarily driven by an increase in cement consumption in the Middle East, includ...
News - 13 September 2005

Eastern, Western Inidan regions drive up cement offtake

Cement consumption has gone up by 13.8 per cent in the eastern region of India during the first half of 2005-06. In the western region it has increased by 10 per cent. Cement consumption has decli...
News - 13 September 2005

Cement exports set to grow 20%

Cement exports from the country is set to register 20% growth in the current financial year. The export growth is primarily driven by an increase in cement consumption in the Middle East, includin...
News - 12 September 2005

Ultratech signs $4.35 m deal with US-based co

Ultratech Cement Ltd, has signed a $4.35 million contract with a US-based company for the supply of power generation equipment to its new plant in Andhra Pradesh. Ormat Technologies, with opera...
News - 09 September 2005

New deliveries will probably influence rate trends

After eight months of already intense shipbuilding activity, the rest of the year could see almost the same pace of tonnage addition which means, more than one Cape size vessel delivered per week,...
News - 09 September 2005

Siam cement unit: Firm eyes Indonesian mine

SCT expands exports as domestic sales fall. SCT, Siam Cement Group’s distribution unit, is planning to spend several billion baht to buy a majority stake in or create a joint venture with a coal m...
News - 07 September 2005