Cement News tagged under: India
Century Textiles Manikgarh unit starts production07 October 2014, Published under Cement NewsCentury Textiles & Industries has commenced production and started cement dispatches from its Manikgarh Cement Unit No II as of 26 September 2014. The new facility, which is an expansion of the Manikgarh Cement plant, has a capacity of 2.8Mta. The plant is situated in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. |
Senior appointments at Gujarat Sidhee Cement, India07 October 2014, Published under Cement NewsVR Mohnot has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer & Company Secretary of Gujarat Sidhee Cement effective 1 October 2014. In addition,. Anupama Pai has been named Compliance Officer, the company said in a statement to the Bombay Stock Exchange. |
India: Reliance Infrastructure looks to triple capacity03 October 2014, Published under Cement NewsReliance Infrastructure plans to nearly triple its cement generation capacity to 15Mta over the next three years. The company's capacity currently stands at 5.8Mta from its plants in Madhya Pradesh (MP), Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Bengal. "We will be tripling our cement capacity in the next three years by setting up new plants in MP and Maharashtra," company chairman Anil Ambani told shareholders during the AGM earlier this week. Ambani further said the new road projects that are like... |
JK Cement starts commercial production at Rajasthan unit02 October 2014, Published under Cement NewsJK Cement has commenced production and dispatch of cement from its new cement manufacturing facilities at JK Cement Works, Mangrol, Chittorgarh district, in the state of Rajasthan. In a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange the company said the new facility has a cement capacity of 1.5Mta. JK Cement is one of the largest cement manufacturers in north India. The company exports white cement to countries like South Africa, Nigeria, Singapore, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, UAE and ... |
Reliance Infrastructure plans to triple capacity to 15Mta by 201701 October 2014, Published under Cement NewsIndia’s Reliance Infrastructure plans to nearly triple its cement capacity to 15Mta over the next three years. The current capacity at the company, led by Anil Ambani, is 5.8Mta as the cement producers operates plants in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Bengal. "We will be tripling our cement capacity in the next three years by setting up new plants in MP and Maharashtra," company chairman Anil Ambani told shareholders. He added that expected new road projects will offer ... |
Zuari Cement hosts groundbreaking for Gulbarga plant01 October 2014, Published under Cement NewsThrough its Gulbarga Cement Ltd (GCL) subsidiary, Zuari Cement plans to build a 3.23Mta cement works in Gulbarga, Karnataka, India. In addition, the company will be setting up a 50MW captive power plant. The foundation stone of the new plant, which is located 28km from Gulbarga on the Gulbarga-Bangalore highway, was laid on 30 September, by Francis along with Ramesh Suryanarayana, director business development, who was accompanied by the local employees of Gulbarga Cement headed by site ma... |
India: infrastructure boost to reduce supply-demand gap30 September 2014, Published under Cement NewsA significant increase in infrastructure investment under India’s new government is expected to raise cement demand and reduce the current oversupply in the country’s cement market. India’s present cement capacity stands at around 375Mt, but demand is currently lagging behind considerably at 300Mta. “However, this gap is likely to shrink as focus on revival of stalled infrastructure projects results in higher demand growth over next few years,” Alok Sanghi, director of Sanghi Cement Ltd, ... |
UltraTech Cement given go-ahead for two new plants29 September 2014, Published under Cement NewsUltraTech Cement Ltd’s (Aditya Birla Group) proposal to set up two greenfield cement plants with an installed capacity of 9.5Mta has been cleared by Andhra Pradesh government. These two plants of a similar size have been proposed to be set up at Dachepalli of Guntur district and at Pentikota of Kurnool district by the company. The company, which has a total installed capacity of 62Mta across about 21 plants in India, currently operates a 4.9Mta capacity plant at Tadipatri in Anantapu... |
Pakistan: Lucky plans 660MW power project29 September 2014, Published under Cement NewsDirectors of Lucky Cement have asked shareholders permission to set up of a 660MW coal-based power project in Karachi through the Lucky Holdings Limited (LHL) subsidiary, according to Reuters. The proposal will be considered in the company’s September annual general meeting. A new company, Lucky Electric Power Co Ltd (LEPCL) will set up the plant which is expected to cost INR20bn (US$200m). Lucky Power will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of LHL and a 75 per cent indirect subsidiary of the ... |
JSW Cement to solely make Portland Slag cement29 September 2014, Published under Cement NewsJSW Cement Ltd intends to manufacture only Portland slag cement (PSC) in India. The company has a cement production capacity of 6Mta. JSW has fixed the price of PSC between INR275 (US$4.47) and INR325 (US$5.28) a bag. The company expects the demand for cement to grow due to the focus on infrastructure projects. |