Transportation firm BNSF Logistics has delivered heavy cement mill components from Turkey to Kenya. The consignment measured 1,500 cubic meters and was collected from Izmir on Turkey’s Aegean coast. A team from BNSF Logistics Global Project Center managed the complex move in collaboration with Turkish partner Smart Logistics in Istanbul.

Volvo Construction Equipment (CE) has launched its EC480E HR high-reach demolition machine in Australia, and is already receiving positive feedback for the unit´s versatility, which delivers a complete demolition solution in a single machine.

The cement industry can adopt newer material handling concepts with the help of a few innovations. Jai Gupta explores the new material handling ideas available and how these can be implemented.

Water is needed to prepare and produce concrete by mixing cement and water, besides a few other ingredients. Water is again needed in good quantities for curing of concrete. But is that all? Can cement and water get together to achieve something bigger, something more strategic - for example, could we transport bulk cement on water? Such possibilities open up new avenues of cost and carbon reduction.

Port-led industrial development of the country is the new mantra of the Modi government, where the emphasis is on usage of sea routes and waterways. This throws up fresh opportunities for the cement industry to reduce logistics costs.

Ever since its foray into coastal transport, Ambuja has greatly enabled swifter transportation of bulk cement and brought many coastal markets within easy reach.

From the early days of human civilisation, habitats and trade centres developed around rivers. This was no accident. Rivers provided a source of water, the elixir of life; helped irrigate lands for farming and provided an easy solution for sanitation (although unacceptable by today´s standards).

The NCR chapter of the Confede¡ration of Real Estate Developers' Associations of India has decided to boycott Shree Cement.

Indirect taxes are still a major source of revenue for the Central government. Now with the passing of the GST Bill, the country expects to have one uniform tax regime across India.