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Shree Cement appoints new chief sustainability officer12 August 2021, Published under Cement NewsIndia’s Shree Cement has appointed Shrinath Savoor as its new chief sustainability officer (CSO), with effect from 9 August 2021. The new CSO will steer the company efforts towards strengthening its sustainability and ESG value proposition. "The appointment will help bring a more focussed approach in its drive towards catalysing sustainability as a major driver of its growth. It is a reflection of SCl's efforts to reinforce its sustainability credentials and boost stakeholder engagemen... |
Shree Cement sees 79% net profit increase11 August 2021, Published under Cement NewsIndia’s Shree Cement has reported a 46.6 per cent rise in gross revenue from operations to INR44.01bn (US$591.47m) for the first quarter of the FY21-22, compared to INR30bn in the year-ago period. Total income also increased 46.1 per cent YoY to INR35.89bn from INR24.57bn, while net profit climbed 78.5 per cent to INR6.61bn. Cement volumes advanced 41 per cent YoY to 6.79Mt while clinker sales were down 62 per cent YoY, holding overall volume growth to 39 per cent YoY at 6.84Mt, according ... |
India's government urged to reopen cement works09 August 2021, Published under Cement NewsIndia’s Union government has been urged by a Telangana state minister to revive Adilabad's Cement Corp of India (CCI) plant in the state. In a letter to Heavy Industries Minister, Mahendra Nath Pandey, a request was made for the reopening of the plant which has remained closed since 1996. The CCI plant in Adilabad began production in 1984, serving the cement requirements in the Marathwada and Vidarbha regions of Maharashtra and north Telangana. The plant stopped manufacturing in 1996 due ... |
Orient Cement features in The Economic Times' Iconic Brands 202109 August 2021, Published under Cement NewsOrient Cement, one of India’s leading cement manufacturers and home to brands Birla.A1 Premium Cement and Birla.A1 StrongCrete, has featured in the fourth edition of The Economic Times’ Iconic Brands 2021. Talking about the recognition, Deepak Khetrapal, MD and CEO, Orient Cement, expressed, "We are delighted that the quality of our products along with our superior customer service has been recognised. This is also an affirmation of our transparent and fair business practices, and the e... |
Birla Corp consolidated net profit rises to INR1420m in FY1Q2106 August 2021, Published under Cement NewsBirla Corp Ltd has reported a consolidated net profit of INR1425.1m (US$19.08m) in the 1QFY21-22 ended June 2021, which is 115 per cent higher over the corresponding quarter of the previous year, when net profit reached INR657.7m. However when compared with the January-March 2021 quarter, when a net profit of INR2493.3m was reported, it fell sharply. Net revenue for the quarter at INR17,491.1m represents a growth of nearly 43.1 per cent over the last year's corresponding period, when r... |
Orient Cement posts 246% YoY rise in profit04 August 2021, Published under Cement NewsIndia’s Orient Cement has posted a 17 per cent QoQ decline in operating revenue to INR6.9bn (US$92.95m) in the first quarter of FY21-22, compared with INR8.32bn in the previous quarter. EBITDA also slipped 8.5 per cent QoQ to INR1.85bn, while profit after tax was down 10 per cent to INR886m. However, on a YoY basis, the company’s profit after tax more than doubled from INR256.1m in the 1QFY20-21. "The cement industry is expected to witness a volume growth due to demand revival in infrastruc... |
Ambuja Cements plans 1.5Mta Ropar expansion02 August 2021, Published under Cement NewsIndia’s Ambuja Cements has announced plans to expand capacity at its Ropar plant in Punjab over the next two years, representing an investment of INR3.1bn (US$41.68m). The 1.5Mta project is expected to be completed by June 2023 with the grinding unit reaching a total capacity of 4.5Mta. "We are optimistic about the growth in demand for cement in India. The expansion of our Ropar unit along with more investment in the coming years will help us unlock fresh opportunities by debottlenecking e... |
JSW Cement partners with new investors to accelerate growth29 July 2021, Published under Cement NewsIndia-based JSW Cement has entered into definitive agreements to raise up to INR15.000bn (US$201.2m) from two global private equity investors, Apollo Global Management Inc (through its managed funds) and Synergy Metals Investments Holding Ltd. The transaction is a structured private equity deal wherein compulsorily convertible preference shares (CCPS) are being issued to the investors and the conversion of such CCPS into common equity of the company will be linked to the company’s ... |
Shree Cement about to start building West Bengal grinding plant29 July 2021, Published under Cement NewsShree Cement is preparing to start work on its INR6bn (US$80.5m) grinding unit in Bengal within a month. The new plant will have a cement grinding capacity of 3Mta which will raise the group’s cement capacity to 47Mta when complete. "This will be our first plant in Bengal. In the east, we have plants in Odisha, Chattishgarh, Bihar and Jharkhand," said H M Bangur, Shree Cement’s MD. Mr Bagur added that business is reviving well in Bengal, "The growth in the state is higher than the nat... |
Ambuja Cement records net sales of INR33.4bn26 July 2021, Published under Cement NewsAmbuja Cement recorded net sales of INR33.420bn (US$448.9m) in the April-June 2021 quarter 2021, up from INR21.450bn in the same period last year. Sales volumes for the 2Q21 reached 6.33Mt up from 4.19Mt in the 2Q20. EBITDA rose substantially in the 2Q21 to INR9600m, up 61 per cent from INR5950m recorded in the same period last year. Profit after tax amounted to INR7230m in 2Q21, up from INR4530m in the 2Q20. Neeraj Akhoury, CEO India of Holcim and Managing Director and CEO of Ambuja ... |