Aluminium and copper to stay elevated, steel risky: CLSA's top metals and cement calls for FY27Base metals like aluminium and copper present significant opportunities, according to CLSA India's Indrajit Agarwal. Steel faces near-term ...
17 Apr, 2026, 02.17 PM IST
Cement makers staring at ₹200/tonne cost shock as West Asia war sends petcoke and packaging costs soaringIndia's cement sector is grappling with soaring input costs. Rising prices of petcoke, coal, and packaging materials are squeezing profit m...
30 Mar, 2026, 02.40 PM IST
Cement companies roll back price hikes to boost volumes amid muted demandCement prices introduced earlier this month have been rolled back as companies strive to push volumes amidst rising fuel costs. With an inc...
20 Mar, 2025, 12.29 PM IST
Cement prices see regional surge amid muted demand: Girija Shankar RayGirija Shankar Ray from Yes Securities outlines the fluctuating cement prices over recent months, highlighting regional variations and fact...
10 Mar, 2025, 12.22 PM IST
5 reasons why Siddhartha Khemka is positive on cement industry for next few yearsCement demand in India is expected to continue growing at a double-digit YoY rate in Apr-May 2023, backed by governmental infrastructure de...
17 Jun, 2023, 12.05 PM IST
Looking to build your portfolio? Take a look at these cement stocksImprovement in capacity utilization is likely to support price hikes in the near term. Cement players have attempted price hikes in Feb-Mar...
30 Mar, 2023, 10.21 AM IST
Indian cement companies set to raise prices from next month, Motilal Oswal saysCement manufacturers are expected to announce discounts and schemes to meet their year-end volume targets and price hikes could be there ea...
22 Mar, 2023, 02.31 PM IST
India's Reliance stops local petcoke sales, boosts importsWith Reliance's petcoke no longer available domestically, India's imports are likely to rise, after doubling last year because of higher de...
31 Jan, 2023, 01.41 PM IST
Ronald Siyoni on Sharekhan’s top 5 picks among cement stocks“Global freight rates are easing, down by 40% to 60% on main routes since January currently and are expected to further go down. This has b...
07 Sep, 2022, 02.49 PM IST
India buys discounted Venezuelan petcoke to replace coalIndia's growing appetite for Venezuela's petcoke - a byproduct from oil upgrading and an alternative to coal - is being driven by a scrambl...
16 Aug, 2022, 12.17 PM IST
High prices could slow India's transition to gasPrime Minister Narendra Modi has set a target to raise the share of natural gas in the country's energy mix to 15% by 2030 from about 6.2% ...
20 Oct, 2021, 08.50 PM IST
India’s dirty secret is an oil market headacheThe cheap path of pumping oil industry’s impurities into the skies over India is disappearing.
19 Jul, 2018, 10.55 AM IST
Demand in cement sector will go up by 10% YoY: HM Bangur, Shree CementShree Cement growth in 2018 will be the same as in 2017 and there will be cost-cutting too, says the MD.
22 Feb, 2018, 04.00 PM IST
New hydrocarbon projects likely to boost RIL’s core earnings growthThese hydrocarbon projects could add $2-2.5 billion to the operating profit at Reliance
08 Jan, 2018, 09.50 AM IST
Cement prices in April rebound to pre-demonetisation levels: ICRAOn an all-India basis, cement production reported a de-growth of around 1% in the 11 MT FY2017 to 255 MT.
27 Apr, 2017, 05.54 PM IST
Coal Ministry to seek environment tax on petcoke, which is cheaper than coalReliance Industries rose 1% to Rs 1,014.10 and Indian Oil also climbed 1% to Rs 544.35 at the close in Mumbai. The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex...
12 Aug, 2016, 11.12 PM IST
- Union Budget 2011: Cement to be dearer by Rs 8-9 per bag
Meanwhile, lending ear to cement makers' plea, Mukherjee has also decided to bring down the import duty on petcoke and gypsum by half to 2....
28 Feb, 2011, 07.48 PM IST