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HIMANSHU VORA AND TEJAS VORA are the directors of Recons Group

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The company is engaged in cement distribution business since 1990. "We have been initially distributing cement in trade-retail segment. We were mainly dealing with L & T cements. In 1993 Ambuja Cement entered in Mumbai Market and we started promoting Ambuja Cements and also other cement companies. We expanded our business to builders and institutions and also bulk cement segments. We always look for innovative products in our industry and like to promote products with bright future", said Vora. The company does not stock cement. They are the leading distributors of Ambuja Cements and ACC Cements. When asked about the largest selling grade of cement, Vora replied, "The ratio of blended cement to OPC cement in is 50:50. But slowly the trend is increasing towards blended cement. We are witnessing more green initiative and LEED certified buildings. We believe that the future is for green cement". About volatility in price, Vora replied that they are affected due to volatility in pricing as most of the consumers are expecting the same price for whole month and any correction in between affects the consumer confidence. "Very high sales efforts supported by technical follow up can improve sales", said Vora and added that the commission and cash discounts should be percentage based so that in fluctuating and inflationary market they will not affect margins. "No, increase in diesel or petrol price does not affect profits directly, but increase in cement price does affect us as our cash discounts are per bag basis and not on percentage basis," said Vora, when asked, whether the hike in diesel/petrol price affect their profit. Vora suggested some improvement in packaging such as palleting of cement bags, which can save loss of cement. To speed up delays as octroi naka, Vora said that automisation of octroi naka and advance payments system of octroi can help save time. "For all excise restructuring by government ultimately, end users has to pay the differences," said Vora, when asked about his opinion on restructuring of excise duty in Budget 2011-12.

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Cement industry to gain from new infrastructure spending

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As per a news report, Karan Adani, ACC Chair, has said that he expects the cement industry to benefit from the an anticipated US$2.2tn in new public infrastructure spending between 2025 and 2030. In a statement he said that ACC has crossed the 100Mt/yr cement capacity milestone in April 2025, propelling the company to get closer to its ambitious 140Mt/yr target by the 2028 financial year. The company’s capacity corresponds to 15 per cent of an all-India installed capacity of 686Mt/yr.

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AI boom drives demand, says ACA

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The American Cement Association projects a nearly 1Mt annual increase in US cement demand over the next three years, driven by the surge in AI data centres. Consumption by data centres is expected to grow from 247,000 tonnes in 2025 to 860,000 tonnes by 2027. With over 5,400 AI data centres currently operating and numbers forecast to exceed 6,000 by 2027, the association cautions that regulatory hurdles and labour shortages may impact the industry’s ability to meet demand.

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GoldCrest Cement to build plant in India

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GoldCrest Cement will build a greenfield integrated plant with a 3.5Mt/yr clinker capacity and 4.5Mt/yr cement capacity. GoldCrest Cement appointed Humboldt Wedag India as engineering, procurement and construction contractor in March 2025 and targets completion by March 2027. It has signed a 40-year supply agreement with Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation for 150Mt of limestone from its upcoming Lakhpat Punrajpur mine in Gujarat.

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