Indian Subcontinent

LafargeHolcim has consolidated its holdings in Bangladesh with the acquisition of Holcim Bangladesh by Lafarge Holcim Bangladesh, a joint venture with Cementos Mollins.

ABB will provide automation and electrical systems to Emami Cement’s new greenfield cement grinding plant in Orissa, India.

NCB International Seminar on Cement, Concrete, and Building Materials was held on 5 – 8 December at the Manakshaw Centre in New Delhi, India.

Penna Cement Industries has ordered a new VRM from Loesche for its Boyareddypalli plant.

India’s largest cement maker, UltraTech Cement, has begun construction of a new greenfield plant in Pali, Rajasthan, with an innovative digital groundbreaking ceremony attended by the state’s Chief Minister.

Dalmia Cement – India’s fourth largest producer – has picked up six environmental awards for its plants Aliyalur and Dalmiapuram in Tamil Nadu.

Indian cement producer, UltraTech, is build a new greenfield cement plant in Rajasthan, in the north of India.

Indian cement maker, J.K. Cement is planning to increase its installed capacity to around 18 million tpy over the next few years.

FLSmidth recently hosted seminars in Lahore and Karachi to bring together key stakeholders in the Pakistani cement industry with experts from the Danish engineering company.

Loesche is to supply a vertical roller mill for coal grinding to a new cement plant in central Nepal.

Weak performance in Brazil helped to drag Votorantim’s earnings down year-on-year in 3Q17, despite positive results from elsewhere.

Buzzi Unicem has announced its results for the period ending 30 September 2017.

HeidelbergCement saw cement and clinker sales up 2% in 3Q17 on positive reports from all geographies except North and East Europe and Central Asia.

A Supreme Court ban on the use of petcoke in India’s National Capital Region looks set to raise cement prices.

Rehabilitation work of Fauji Cement’s Line 2 has been competed.