LafargeHolcim to sell Lafarge India

August 2016

LafargeHolcim has agreed to sell Lafarge India to Nirma for Rs 9,400 crore including debt, in a deal that will complete the Indian operations of the ...

Tags: LafargeHolcim, Lafarge India, Nirma, Swiss, CCI

Cement cos may report healthy earnings growth

August 2016

The cement sector is expected to report healthy growth in earnings with strong improvement in price, moderated volume growth and continued benefit of...

Tags: Power, Fuel, Kotak Institutional Equities Research, Cement

Cement demand to grow

August 2016

According to rating agency Icra, demand for cement is likely to grow by 6 per cent in the current fiscal and further rise to 7 per cent in 2017-18...

Tags: Icra, Cement, Infrastructure, Construction

Five final contenders to buy Lafarge India

August 2016

Ajay Piramal Group, Nirma and Sajjan Jindal-led JSW Cement have emerged as the strongest contenders to acquire Lafarge´s entire India cement portfoli...

Tags: Ajay Piramal Group, Nirma, Sajjan Jindal, JSW Cement, Anhui Conch Cement Company, LafargeHolcim, Birla Corp

Dalmia, Shree vie for LafargeHolcim's Lankan operations

July 2016

Domestic cement majors such as Dalmia Bharat, Shree Cements along with South-based Ramco are in pursuit of LafargeHolcim's Sri Lankan operations....

Tags: Domestic cement, Dalmia Bharat, Shree Cements, Ramco, LafargeHolcim, Sri Lankan, Chinese, Thai cement, Baring Asia, Island nation

India Cements to sustain momentum

July 2016

India Cements hopes to replicate positive performance indicators observed in the final quarter of the last fiscal in the current fiscal as well....

Tags: India Cements, Infrastructure projects, Net profit

Innovation needed in cement companies

July 2016

According to a report by Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), three Indian cement companies have significantly reduced emissions among the top 12 produce...

Tags: CDP, Indian cement companies, ACC, Ambuja, Shree Cement, Paris agreement, CDP India, Cement industry, Paris Agreement

Growth in cement volume

July 2016

Volume growth in cement increased by 12-18 per cent in the March 2016 quarter compared to a decline of 4.7 per cent in the corresponding quarter of t...

Tags: Volume growth, Pet coke, Coal, Major raw materials, Manufacture cement