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Indian producers line up for LafargeHolcim's Sri Lankan operations

10 June 2016, Published under Cement News

A shortlist of potential buyers in the sale of LafargeHolcim's Sri Lankan operations have been named as Dalmia Bharat, Shree Cements along with Ramco after an initial round of screening. The global cement major is divesting its business in Sri Lanka as part of a global portfolio realignment. With an estimated 2.3Mta grinding capacity and a 1.8Mta clinker capacity, it currently controls 40 per cent of the 6Mta Lankan market, said analysts tracking the sector. To put it in perspective, the ...

India: cement volume growth

09 June 2016, Published under Cement News

Volume growth in the Indian cement market increased by 12-18 per cent in the quarter ending March 2016 compared to the 4.7 per cent drop seen in the corresponding quarter last year. This level of growth is the largest seen in the last six quarters, and the only growth to reach double digits, as reported by The Economic Times, India. Due to lower petcoke and coal prices the cost of producing 1t of cement fell by 8.6 per cent to INR3517 (US$52.70) YoY. Medium and small companies in the c...

Deadline nears for LafargeHolcim India assets bids

05 April 2016, Published under Cement News

Advisors to the sale of LafargeHolcim's 11Mta Indian cement production capacity say that they expect to receive seven to eight bids before next week's deadline. The sale - which was a required by competition authorities - has attracted the attention of a number of private equity firms. According to reports by India’s Mint newspaper, Temasek Holdings, Advent International, Barings Asia Private Equity, Blackstone, Aion Capital and the investment arm of Piramal Group are all evaluating the d...

India: Shree Cement set for more expansion

28 March 2016, Published under Cement News

Shree Cement, the fourth largest domestic cement company, is looking to ramp up capacity by another 10Mta in the coming three years. The cement producer  has lined up a capital expenditure of INR60000m (US$900m) to construct three new clinker plants.  The first plant will be a 3Mta the line at Bazar-Bhatapara district, in Chhattisgarh. The company has recently won a bid for limestone reserves at the Karhi-Chandi area in the state to supply the plant with raw materials. This area has an...

India: Shree Cement receives first non-coal mining lease in Chhattisgarh

22 February 2016, Published under Cement News

Shree Cement has won the first ever non-coal mining lease auctioned by the state government of  Chhattisgarh, India. The Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) price of limestone in Chhattisgarh was INR483.17/t. Shree Cement offered to pay INR284/t — the highest bid that was 58.95 per cent of IBM price. The auction process continued for over five hours on Thursday. In all, 192 bids were submitted. “The auction of Karhi Chandi block itself would yield INR4386 crore to the state exchequer at the said...

Jaypee Group’s cement assets up for grabs

29 December 2015, Published under Cement News

Jaypee Group is planning for an outright sale of its 20Mt portfolio of cement assets worth an estimated INR190 (US$2.86bn) enterprise valuation. UltraTech, Dalmia Bharat backed by private equity investor KKR and Shree Cement have each been approached to take over Jaypee Group’s cement business. Other private equity firms are also reported to have been approached with a detailed information memorandum of operations. Jaypee Group, one of the top ten most indebted Indian conglomerates with a ...

India: Shree Cement plans eastern expansion

24 November 2015, Published under Cement News

Shree Cement Ltd is setting its sights on the eastern Indian market by establishing a grinding units in the states of Odisha and West Bengal, according to local press reports. The company is reportedly in the process of identifying land for the two plants, each with a capacity of 2Mta.     "We have already started despatches in West Bengal and Odisha in a small way. We would like to capture at least three to five per cent market share in these two state over the next six months," said S...

Shree Cement commissions Uttar Pradesh grinding plant

02 November 2015, Published under Cement News

Shree Cement has commissioned a grinding plant at Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh on 30 October 2015, the company said in a statement to the Bombay Stock Exchange. The new facility has a cement capacity of 2Mta.

Petron Engineering Construction receives order from Shree Cement, India

21 August 2015, Published under Cement News

Petron Engineering Construction has received work order from Shree Cement in Bewar, Rajasthan, India. The order includes civil construction work, reinforcement and steel work of a ball mill structure for a contract value of US$1.79m.

Shree commissions 1.5Mta Chhattisgarh line

29 May 2015, Published under Cement News

Shree Cement commissioned its 1.5Mta clinker manufacturing unit at Baloda Bazar near Raipur in Chhattisgarh on 20 May 2015. The cement mill section had previously been commissioned on 24 February 2015. Shree Cement's cement plants are located at Beawar, Ras, Khushkhera, Jobner and Suratgarh in Rajasthan and Laksar (Roorkee) in Uttarakhand.