Indian Subcontinent

UltraTech Cement has announced its unaudited results for 2Q17.

KHD will upgrade Star Cement’s ball mill in Meghalaya.

BIMCO has released its latest report on the development of dry bulk shipping.

Sandvik Coromant has announced the winner of the global Graphene Challenge competition.

Shares of Mangalam Cement grew nearly 5% after the company announced commencement of production at a new 0.75 million tpy unit.

LafargeHolcim is considering withdrawing from several markets as part of its efforts to make last year's mega-merger a success.

Indian household products manufacturer Nirma has raised US$600 million to fund the acquisition of Lafarge India.

Dalmia Bharat has seen a re-rating since the start of this financial year.

The shipyards have become the next victim of the deteriorating conditions in the dry bulk market.

Jaiprakash Associates has announced widening of its standalone net loss to Rs 603 crore for the quarter ending June 2016.

Shree Cement awarded KHD with new projects for three more kiln lines.

Severe overcapacity in the market and recently agreed contract rates on the transpacific trade lanes keeps pressure high on the liner companies.

Growth expectations for global GDP have come down by 0.1 percentage point for both 2016 and 2017.

Competition Commission of India has imposed a 63.2 billion rupee fine on ten cement companies and a trade body for price fixing.

Loesche India Pvt. Ltd has received its first order in Nepal.