Cement News tagged under: Malabar Cements
Malabar Cements launches new dry mix28 March 2023, Published under Cement NewsIndia's Malabar Cements has launched a new dry mix for use when plastering buildings. The dry mix is made by combining cement and sand after removing dampness with the help of a machine, reports The Hindu. Supplied in 40kg bags, the dry mix can be used directly for plastering simply by adding water and covers a larger area than the conventional cement and sand method, according to the company. Malabar Cements currently runs two cement plants, one integrated and one grinding, located in ... |
India: Malabar Cements Ltd official is arrested31 January 2017, Published under Cement NewsPrakash Joseph, legal officer of public sector Malabar Cements Ltd, was arrested on Monday by the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB), reports the Hindu. Malabar Cements Ltd is estimated to have madea finiancial loss of INR270m (US$3.98m). The State government-owned PSU had signed a contract with a company owned by businessman VM Radhakrishnan for cement retailing. Violating an agreement between the two firms, top officials of Radhakrishnan’s firm had withdrawn the mandatory secur... |
India: production resumes at Malabar Cements25 October 2016, Published under Cement NewsMalabar Cements Ltd resumed production on Monday, 24 October, following the stoppage of its operations on 10 September due to the non-availability of raw materials. Production was able to resume by bringing in clinker the company had in stock at its logistics centre at Kochi Port. The stoppage resulted in a INR50m (US$ 747,559) loss, according to the Times of India. The shortage of raw materials came after Managing Director, K Pamakumar, was removed from his post last month after bein... |
India: production to resume at Malabar Cements07 October 2016, Published under Cement NewsMinister of Industry, E P Jayarajan, announced that Malabar Cements will resume operations his month. Production was halted on 10 September 2016 as a result of raw materials shortage. Mr Jayarajan said that laterite would be sourced from Kasaragod and limestone purchased from Rajasthan. Production at the company suffered after the then Managing Director, K Padmakumar, was removed from his post following his arrest in a corruption case. The company has had 10 cases of alleged corruption fi... |
India: Malabar Cement MD arrested over concessions to dealers06 September 2016, Published under Cement NewsMalabar Cement managing director K Padmakumar has been arrested in a corruption case. Raids were carried out by the authorities on 1 September 2016 at Malabar cement office at Valayar and at Padmakumar’s official residence. They also had examined the residence of Malabar Cement's Deputy Manager, Venugopal at Valayar, reports Kaumudi Online. The arrest was based on the complaints that Padmakumar allowed illegal concessions to cement dealers in Kozhikode, Malappuram and Thrissur and by thi... |
India: fresh calls for Kerala to control rising cement prices25 July 2016, Published under Cement NewsThe price of cement in Kerala – which has reached up to INR430/bag (US$6.40) – has again provoked calls for the state government to intervene, reports the Hindu. The newspaper quotes a cement dealer in Kochi who claims that cement prices in Kerala are INR200 higher than in other parts of India. While companies had not raised prices, they have stopped offering discounts to dealers, the Hindu’s source told the newspaper. “The cement companies have stopped providing the benefits that were... |
India: Kerala businesses protest high cement prices15 July 2016, Published under Cement NewsThe Government Contractors Association (GCA) in Kerala has hit out at the state government’s failure to control cement prices, which have reached INR430 (US$6.40) for a 50kg bag, the Deccan Chronicle reports. The head of the GCA in Kerala, Varghese Kannampally, noted that production costs for a bag of cement are about INR70 (US$1.04). Mr Kannampally observed that in neighbouring Tamil Nadu, the state government had reached an agreement with producers to supply agreed quantities of cement ... |
India: Malabar Cements to resume Cherthala operations20 February 2015, Published under Cement NewsMalabar Cements Limited (MCL) will resume operations at its Cherthala unit in the Indian state of Kerala, by the end of this month, having secured uninterrupted clinker supplies. K Padmakumar, managing director of MCL told 'The Hindu' that a ship carrying 27,010t of clinker had reached the Cochin port from Fujairah, which would be transported by road to Cherthala soon. The unit stopped functioning in 2009 due to a shortage of clinker supplies, as MCL's Walayar cement plant in Kerala was ... |
India: Malabar Cements gets state gov't nod for Cochin Port unit30 October 2014, Published under Cement NewsThe state government of Kerala, India, has given Malabar Cements Ltd the green light to set up a bulk cement handling unit at the Port of Cochin. Malabar Cements has shown an interest in establishing a cement handling and bagging unit following the decision by Cochin Port to allow cement companies to bring in raw materials via sea using the port facilities. The new unit is expected to have a capacity of 0.6Mta and be completed within two years. Cochin Port is a major port on the Arabian S... |
Malabar Cements to construct new mill, India03 June 2013, Published under Cement NewsMalabar Cements Limited (MCL), a full-owned undertaking of the state government of Kerala, plans to construct another cement mill at Walayar to double its production capacity from the current 50,000tpa. A Padmakumar, managing director of Malabar Cements Ltd told the New Indian Express that the operating lifespan of the Pandarathu mines at Walayar is reported to be 16 years. “Therefore, we proposed to either purchase domestically from public sector units or import half the limestone so that... |