Cement News tagged under: india
Sagar Cements acquires grinding unit from Toshali Cements30 June 2016, Published under Cement NewsSagar Cements announced the acquisition of a grinding unit owned by M/s Toshali Cements Pvt Ltd for INR600m (USD8.88m). The assets consist of one grinding unit located at Bayyavaram, Vizag district, Andhra Pradesh with a capacity of 181,500tpa. Post acquisition, the company proposes to invest INR60m (US$0.89m) to increase the capacity of unit to 300,000tpa. The acquisition will enable the company to save its logistic cost and to introduce slag cement to cater markets in Visakhapatnam, V... |
India: Prism Cement secures fuel supplies30 June 2016, Published under Cement NewsAfter a successful bid, Prism Cement Ltd is set to receive 120,000tpa of coal from South Eastern Coalfields (SEC), a subsidiary of Coal India Ltd (CIL). In a filing to the BSE on 29 June 2016, Prism Cement said, “The company has successfully bid for 120,000 tonnes per annum of coal from South Eastern Coalfields Limited (a subsidiary of Coal India Limited) in a recently held auction of coal linkages for the cement industry… The company has secured part fuel requirement for the next 5 years... |
India: Dalmia in Bengal30 June 2016, Published under Cement NewsDalmia Bharat is planning to further increase its presence in Bengal, India. The company has been present in the region for the last two years through its cement unit near Salboni. The unit was set up through OCL India Ltd, an associate company. Director and CEO of OCL India, Amandeep Gupta, said Dalmia may look for a second plant in the state. The group has already taken on a lease on a grinding unit in Siliguri to cater to north Bengal. Mr Gupta said on the matter, “the market in east a... |
UltraTech Cement29 June 2016, Published under Cement NewsUltraTech Cement, along with ACC and Ambuja Cements, have hailed India’s Smart Cities as playing a key role in the medium- to long-term outlook for cement demand in the country. But a meeting this weekend (2 July) raises questions as to just how viable the Smart City concept really is. The Smart City idea is based on overlaying the city’s infrastructure – water supply, sewage, waste collection, urban mobility and other service provisions – with ICT solutions. In June 2015 India’s prime mi... |
Two new orders for KHD27 June 2016, Published under Cement NewsKHD has been awarded a contract by Cementos Argos for a works in Colombia. Cementos Argos ordered three Pyrojet Burners for coal and gas firing, to be installed at its plant in Yumbo, Cali. The burner’s will be tailored to Argos’ wet kilns. Manufacturing and assembly of the burners will take place in Germany and the USA. KHD also received an order from Shree Cement, India, following a contract with the company in December 2015 for the commissioning of a pyroprocessing line at Raipur. A se... |
India: Shree Cement completes Aurangabad grinding unit upgrade23 June 2016, Published under Cement NewsShree Cement has announced the completion of the upgrade works to its Aurangabad grinding plant in Bihar, Business Standard reports. Capacity at the plan rose from 2Mta to 3.6Mta, effective from 22 June 2016. Shree’s shares rose by three per cent after it made the news public. Shree Cement is in the process of expanding clinker production at its Raipur works with that upgrade expected to be completed by March 2018. |
India: FLSmidth cement plant order23 June 2016, Published under Cement NewsFLSmidth has signed a contract with Larsen & Tourbro Ltd for the engineering and supply of equipment for a 3000tpd cement production line. The new plant will be located in Ariyalur, approximately 300km south of Chennai. The end client is Tamil Nadu Cement Corporation Ltd (TANCEM), an undertaking of the Government of Tamil Nadu, who have an EPC contract with Larsen & Toubro. The scope of supply includes a complete production line, incuding the latest environmental pollution control system... |
India: Kanodia Group launches BIFCEM brand23 June 2016, Published under Cement NewsKanodia group launched its new ‘BIGCEM’ cement brand initially targeting the markets of Uttarakhand and Western Uttar Pradesh. The company wishes to expand to Delhi and NCR in its coming expansion programme followed by Bihar in August 2016 The BIGCEm brand was revealed in the presence of Vishal Kanodia, managing director, Gautam Kanodia, director and Manoj Kamboj, CEO of Kanodia Group. Mr Vishal Kanodia said, “With a fineness level of 4k, it is expected to be one of the finest cement av... |
India: Jaypee Group still needs to reduce its debt level21 June 2016, Published under Cement NewsFor the promoters of Jaypee group, the aggressive expansion during the last decade has cost them dearly. The Delhi-based group had to sell profitable assets to remain afloat even as banks, alarmed by its defaults, are pressurising the group to put more assets on the block, writes the Business Standard. A senior banker with Mumbai-based public sector lender said the intent of Jaypee group to reduce debt level is genuine as evident from the sale of operating key operating assets like power p... |
India: Loesche mill ordered for Sri Balaha Chemicals20 June 2016, Published under Cement NewsSri Balaha Chemicals Pvt Ltd has placed an order for a vertical roller mill designed by Loesche for its Hindupur grinding plant at Andhra Pradesh, India. The mill designed for grinding granulated blast furnace slag will produce at a capacity of 50tph and the material is ground to a fineness of 4000cm 2 /g Blaine. Included in the contract is further equipment such as mill fan, dampers, expansion joints, magnetic separator and metal detector. The lead time for the main components of the mill ... |