Indian Subcontinent

Ambuja Cements’ 3Q18 unaudited financial results show net sales up 10%

UltraTech Cement has appointed Kailash Chandra Jhanwar as Deputy Managing Director.

Ekoplant is to upgrade an electrostatic precipitator to a baghouse at Best Way’s Chakwal cement plant in Pakistan.

ACC has reported a 10% growth in cement volumes and 12% growth in ready-mixed concrete volumes in 3Q18.

CEMEX has announced the international finalists for its 2018 Building Award

UltraTech has been recognised with multiple awards at the CII National Awards for Excellence in Energy Management.

Mahendra Singhi, CEO of Dalmia Cement (Bharat) has been appointed Chairman of the National Council for Cement and Building Materials in India.

Privately-held Indian cement producer, Penna Cement, has become the latest corporate member of the World Cement Association.

UltraTech Cement is to more than double its waste heat recovery capacity to 121 MW with new systems being set up at five cement plants across India.

India's Supreme Court has ruled that the cement industry can continue to import petcoke as a fuel.

The transaction is expected to be completed in the next 9 – 12 months.

LafargeHolcim group companies in India, Ambuja Cement and ACC, have reported higher consolidated sales volumes in 2Q18, but rising costs drag down earnings.

Orient Cement – a CK Birla Group company – is planning to more than double capacity at its Adilabad cement plant in Telangana, India.

German engineering company Loesche, has supplied two vertical roller mills for Seven Circle Bangladesh Ltd., and Shun Shing Cement Mills Ltd., two cement manufacturers based in Bangladesh.

Bangladeshi electricity generator, Meghna Energy, it to be merged with HeidelbergCement Bangladesh, as HeidelbergCement streamlines its holdings in the country.