ACC mining penalty quashed by High Court
The Karnataka High Court has quashed a INR4.827bn (US$54.4m) penalty imposed on ACC Ltd over limestone mining operations in Kalaburagi district, Karnataka. A division bench comp...
Limestone Mining
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Swedish cement shortage could impact climate transition
Malin Löfsjögård, CEO of Swedish trade association Svensk Betong, says that the potential cement shortage starting in autumn 2021 could be detrimental to the planned climate tra...
Hima Cement's Kasese mining right appeal is dismissed
Uganda-based Hima Cement (LafargeHolcim group) has seen its Kasese mining rights stripped from it after the High Court upheld a decision from 2013 to confer them to East African...
Emami Cement looks to expand limestone mining capacity
India’s Emami Cement Ltd has announced plans to expand its limestone mining capacity from 5.5Mta to 9Mta at its operations in Kukurdih of Raipur district, Chhattisgarh. The proj...
New order restricts limestone mining in Chittorgarh
India’s Birla Corp has been restricted from mining limestone in Chittorgarh and near the Bassi Wildlife Sanctuary after a new order by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monda...
Cemex Holding Philippines denies ownership in landslide area
Cemex Holding Philippines (CHP) reported to the stock exchange that it has no equity stake in APO Land & Quarry Corp (ALQC) after a landslide killed at least 22 people and left ...
UltraTech Cement secures Madhya Pradesh limestone reserves
Aditya Birla group firm UltraTech Cement said it has acquired the Deora-Sitapuri-Udipyapura limestone mining block in Madhya Pradesh (MP). UltraTech Cement said the land is in c...
UltraTech Cement secures winning bid for limestone block
UltraTech Cement has emerged as the winner in the auction of Chhattisgarh’s Guma limestone block. Over 600 bids were made for the mine in an e-auction that lasted for 15 hours, ...
UltraTech Cement
UltraTech is investing INR600m (US$9.4m) in a new limestone mining project in Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, India. The project, which received the go-ahead from the Environment M...
Hetauda Cement faces limestone shortage
Hetauda Cement Factory is facing a shortage of limestone due to local protestors preventing the extraction of the material from its mine in Majuwa, Nepal.