Indian Subcontinent

Bestway Cement has completed its Farooqia plant expansion project.

Ramco Cements will complete a new clinker production line, as well as expansion of its cement grinding capacity, by FY2019/20.

Four Loesche mills will be part of the Farooqia cement plant upgrade in Pakistan.

Larson & Toubro’s L&T Construction has been awarded a contract for the construction of two new cement plants in India.

Indian cement production continued its positive growth trend in March, as the country remains on track to breach the 300 million t mark this year.

D.G Khan Cement Company Ltd. has completed the installation of the largest Pakistan cement plant at Hub, Baluchistan.

LafargeHolcim Bangladesh, who produces 4.2 million tpy of cement, is going to launch a new specialised cement for plastering works branded as 'plastercrete'

The construction of the Daimer-Bhasher Dam in Pakistan could boost cement demand by 20 – 25 million t over the next 4 – 5 years.

UltraTech has secured more than 50 million t worth of limestone reserves close to its Dhar cement plant in Madhya Pradesh, India.

Pakistani cement company, Gharibwal Cement, has begun commercial operation of a new vertical cement mill.

LafargeHolcim Bangladesh has replaced a 17 km belt conveyor running between a limestone quarry in Maghalaya, India, to its Surma cement plant in Sunamganj, Bangladesh.

OCL India, a subsidiary of Dalmia Bharat, has decided to set up a new cement plant in Odisha, India.

UltraTech Cement is to acquire the cement business of Cement Textiles, taking the Indian cement producer’s global capacity to 109.9 million tpy.

Lucky Cement has reported a strong increase in cement production and sales in the nine months to 31 March 2018.

Lucky Cement has planned an increase in the the cement production capacity at its Pezu Plant, Pakistan, and the commissioning of a clinker production plant in Samawah, Iraq.