Cement companies plan expansion

August 2018

The mid-level cement companies, which have a localised footprint in India's highly regional cement industry, have reportedly revealed plans to more t...

Tags: Jaypee Group, Orient Cement, Cement industry

Generating fuel from plastic waste

August 2018

Cement factories will derive fuel from non-recyclable plastic and other waste such as rubber and polystyrene. As reported, the factories would requir...

Tags: Cement, Non-recyclable plastic, Waste

New technologies for climate change

August 2018

The global cement industry will step up efforts to adopt new technologies and put greater focus in innovation to make crucial progress on reducing CO...

Tags: Cement industry, Paris Agreement target, Current technology

Cement firms margin under pressure

August 2018

The cement companies should have posted over 18 per cent growth in sales volume for the April-June 2018 quarter. However, they reported a reduced pro...

Tags: Cement, EBITDA, Emkay Global Financial Services

ACC introduces EPD for all blended cement products

August 2018

ACC has become the first Indian cement company to publish an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for all of its blended cement products manufactu...

Tags: ACC, EPD, Cement plants

Cement demand expected at about 6 per cent this fiscal

July 2018

The growth momentum in the cement industry in FY2019 is likely to report a growth of 6 per cent. In FY2018, cement production registered a growth of ...

Tags: Cement industry, Cement production, ICRA

NCLT to give verdict before July 10 on UltraTech-Binani deal

July 2018

The Kolkata bench of NCLT will reportedly give its verdict on UltraTech Cement's acquisition of Binani Cement assets before July 10. ...

Tags: NCLT, UltraTech Cement, Binani Cement, Supreme Court, NCLT, NCLAT

Cement companies post good Q4 earnings

July 2018

Better functional effectiveness and operating leverage have helped cement firms perform well despite rise in diesel and petcoke prices....

Tags: Diesel, Petcoke prices, Cement firms, EBITDA, PAT, Dalmia Cement, UltraTech, India Cement, Shree Cement, Ramco Cement, ACC, Birla Corporation