Yet another year was marked by consolidation for the cement industry.UltraTech completed the remaining formalities on acquisitions to reach the position of the top most cement producer of the country. UltraTech is now in the first ten of global cement companies.

ACC Limited’s carbon footprint continues to be among the industry’s best. Its CO2 emissions stood at 545 kg/t of cement, which is 32 per cent lesser than the 1990 level, but in comparison to 2015, it was two per cent higher.

The symposium held by the National Council for Cement and Building Materials on 24 January 2017 at Hotel Radisson, Hyderabad was attended by more than 100 delegates from the cement industry and construction sector, research institutes, government agencies and machinery manufacturers.

The National Council for Cement and Building Materials organised a one-day technology meet on Chinese cement technology and machinery at NCB's Hyderabad unit. The meet was organised at the request of China Building Material Machinery Association (CBMMA), to share common concerns faced by both countries in the areas of economy, energy and environment which are primarily directed towards controlling and minimising the country's carbon footprint.

The Real Estate Regulator Bill (RERA) came into force on May 1st, 2016. It is a path-breaking regulation for home buyers.

Though the industry as a whole has been able to bear the brunt of demonetisation, the quarter was impacted by uncertainty and higher input prices, and most players may report volume decline and flat realisations. We take a look at the performance of a few key players and analyst predictions on the road ahead.

The cement industry is likely to hit the pause button on the backdrop of recent developments like demonetisation, pending legislations like RERA & GST, and rising crude oil prices.

The economy of the country has undergone a churning after demonetisation and the cement industry is no exception to the upheaval. Cement makers, analysts and dealers share their views and strategies on how to combat the aftermath of this game-changing move.

Recently, BIS has formulated IS 16415:2015 on composite cement, thus clearing the way for using both fly ash and slag in production of this type of cement and gaining advantage of these two types of SCMs, together.