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Cement takes beating in southern India

After holding on for months, cement prices have finally taken a beating in the southern states during the last 3-4 weeks, with Tamil Nadu witnessing the sharpest decline at Rs 25-30 per bag (repor...
News - 06 September 2004

Grasim plans to jack up cement output

Grasim Industries Ltd, the AV Birla group flagship, is poised to expand the capacity of its cement division by 4Mt. Sources said following the acquisition of Larsen & Toubro’s cement unit in July,...
News - 06 September 2004

GACL additional cement mill complete

Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd (GACL) has announced the completion of its cement-grinding unit at Darlaghat in Himachal Pradesh. The capacity of this plant has now increased by 600,000tpa. The expansi...
News - 06 September 2004

Grasim favours use of wastes

Grasim Industry favoures an extensive use of all forms of wastes including flyash in the cement production. Industrial wastes including flyash should be used more in the production process after t...
News - 06 September 2004

Gujarat Ambuja boost sales, new plant set for October commissioning, India

Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd, India’s third-largest cement maker, said higher exports boosted the company’s August sales by six per cent on year, despite a weeklong truckers’ strike and the monsoon ...
News - 02 September 2004

Cement firms seek to tap Middle East potential, India

Indian cement and steel companies plan to set up units in the Gulf to tap the potential of over 10 free trade zones in the region. There is an increasing demands for cement and steel in the Middle...
News - 02 September 2004

Excess supply hits southern cement firms, India

Lower price realisation has hit southern cement companies, as opposed to their northern counterparts, which have been thriving on higher exports.  The revenues of southern companies have also been...
News - 01 September 2004

Builders still hard hit by costly cement

Despite the government’s withdrawal of five per cent import duty on cement, traders are still cashing in on the scarcity in the local market, sources said.  The cement price ranges between Dh13 an...
News - 31 August 2004

Delhi tops in india’s cement consumption in q1

Cement consumption, an indicator of overall construction activity, recorded the highest growth rate in Delhi, followed by Haryana and Madhya Pradesh during the first quarter of the current fiscal. ...
News - 31 August 2004

Jaiprakash to invest

Jaiprakash Associates Ltd, India is going to make an investment of Rs 375-400 crore in Madhya Pradesh under its capacity expansion plan. The company has two cement-manufacturing units in the Rewa ...
News - 31 August 2004