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India Cement & Construction Materials, vol 1 / issue 4

The January / February issue of the CemWeek's ICCM highlights a major driver of current and future cement demand in India: road construction. Additionally, the ICCM talks to engineering consultant Holtec and provides an analysis of consolidation scenarios in South India. The CW Group also highlights work from its recently released, bottom-up analysis of the Indian cement plant universe, mapping units, cement production capacity and other variables. The issue also provides a round up of the latest key industry developments.

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10 IS GREATER CONSOLIDATION OF THE
INDUSTRY ON THE HORIZON?
The market appears to be shaping up for
another frenzied round of consolidation

EDITOR’S LETTER
The inevitability of change

30 MARKET AND COMPETITION
Sales are estimated to have grown by 12
percent in December

8 WILL INDIA’S ROADS OF THE FUTURE BE
CONCRETE?
The argument for using concrete grows
stronger

4 THE VITAL ROLE OF INDIA’S ROADWAYS
The path to India’s future is increasingly
paved and multi-laned

NUMBERS IN BRIEF
Fourth quarter cement performance: details
and analysis

32 VOLUME AND PRICING
Cement Planning Commission Working
Group projects stronger growth for next five
years

24 MOVING UPWARD
A preview of the CW Group’s India Cement
Facilities Review (2011)

14 AN ENGINEERING CONSULTANT’S
PERSPECTIVE
An interview with Soumen Karkun, DMD &
Board Member at Holtec Consulting

50 ANALYST RECOMMENDATIONS
Highlights of the latest in broker
recommendations

36 M&A and FINANCE
JP Associates is looking for a partner for its
cement business

52 STOCK PERFORMANCE
Comprehensive data on major cement
companies in India

38 PROJECTS AND EXPANSIONS
Dalmia Cement to start expansion activities
in Karnataka and Meghalaya soon

34 PEOPLE
New CMA leaders take the helm

22 PROFILES
CCI: A Return to Profits

40 EQUIPMENT
DCT introduces new dust suppression
device

42 REGIONAL UPDATE
Update on cement markets in the broader
South Asia region

26 EXCLUSIVE AGREEMENT MAXIMIZES
WASTE HEAT RECOVERY
FLSmidth expands energy efficiency portfolio

28 2011 CEMENT PERSON OF THE YEAR
CemWeek’s picks of the most influential
industry leaders

37 CEMWEEK PARTICIPATES IN AUCBM
EVENT IN JORDAN
Despite regional unrest, the overall outlook
for the sector remains optimistic

3 NEW INDIA CEMENT EVENT: Mumbai
October 11-12, 2012
CemWeek backs “Cement Business &
Investment” conference

44 INFRASTRUCTURE & PROJECTS
Government approves construction of industrial
parks in several major states

48 EQUIPMENT UPDATES
Tesab Launches JV with Proman

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