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Rising cement demand abroad set to boost exports this fiscal , India

Riding on the huge demand for cement abroad, cement exports during the current financial year are expected to exceed the 30 per cent growth it witnessed in 2003-04. The demand has also ensured tha...
News - 10 June 2004

India Gujarat Ambuja: cement industry to grow 7-8% To Grow

India’s cement industry is likely to grow 7% to 8% in the current fiscal year due to an expected increase in spending on roads and ports by the new government, a senior executive with Gujarat Ambu...
News - 08 June 2004

Consolidation in India

Five years ago, the top five companies accounted for less than 34 per cent of the total installed capacity. Today With the top five companies set to corner nearly 60 per cent of the country’s tota...
News - 07 June 2004

Cement makers eye booming Dubai market

Pakistani cement makers are gearing up to tap the booming construction market in Dubai and other Gulf countries where cement prices have shot up over 100 percent in the last one month on account o...
News - 04 June 2004

Modest rise in May despatches

India’s cement majors have reported a moderate increase in dispatches of cement, year-on-year, for the month of May 2004.  ACC reported dispatches of 1.40Mt for the month, which is 2 per cent highe...
News - 02 June 2004

Indian cement consumption climbs

India’s cement consumption grew by 6 per cent in 2003/04, even as the northern state of Uttaranchal recorded a prodigious 20 per cent growth, a sign of impressive increase in construction activitie...
News - 01 June 2004

Beat the monsoon

Cement prices have firmed up in the southern and western regions of India even as the monsoons are fast approaching. Andhra Pradesh has witnessed a significant `price correction’ post-elections, wi...
News - 01 June 2004

Cement prices harden in South and West of India

Cement prices have risen in the Southern and the Western regions as the South-West monsoon season approaches. Retail prices have gone up by six per cent or Rs5-10 per bag in Andhra Pradesh and by ...
News - 27 May 2004

Downward pressures deepens

Huge import stockpiles in China, linked with less port congestion, and the first effects of credit tightening measures taken by the government have badly affected the markets this week, despite th...
News - 26 May 2004

Votorantim expands abroad

The cement division of the Brazilian Votorantim, Votorantim Cimentos may increase the investments in the US and Canada to US$1.8bn until 2007, intending to double turnover in comparison to US$342m...
News - 26 May 2004