LafargeHolcim-controlled Ambuja Cement is looking to acquire capacities in ready-mix concrete (RMC) and aggregates businesses to fuel growth.

Packaging is a significant factor in cement production and distribution with significant emphasis on product protection, shelf appearance, cost margins and sustainability targets.

Despite entry of latest technologies like BOPP, woven bags are expected to see rise in their demand due to its cost advantage.

Prices continuing to spike, steeply at times, for the last four months is highlighting the pricing power of the industry, but their sustainability at these levels is being doubted.

The urbanisation in India is growing at an unprecedented level due to migration of people from smaller towns and villages to bigger cities in search of jobs and a better life.

Emami Cement (ECL), the cement arm of Kolkata-based Emami Group, has got the capital market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (Sebi) nod for initial public offering (IPO) to raise Rs 1,000 crore.

Over the last 18 years, Nuvoco Vistas Corp has emerged as one of the major players in India through various greenfield and brownfield projects.

It was nearly a year ago that nine of the leading global majors in the cement and concrete sector, including CEMEX, CNBM, CRH, Dangote, Eurocement, HeidelbergCement, LafargeHolcim, Taiheiyo and Votorantim, launched the Global Cement & Concrete Association (GCCA).

In India, there is a huge demand for housing which neither the cities nor the housing sector is prepared for. The construction industry is also facing problems such as shortage of skilled labour, poor workmanship, low productivity and quality of construction plus time and cost overruns, to name a few.