Economy & Market

NGT bans hot mix plants, Noida road works hit

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8 years ago

March 26, 2017

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After the National Green Tribunal (NGT) refused to allow sealed hot mix plants to reopen in Noida, road repair and road resurfacing work has been disrupted.

The Noida Authority and the Gautam Budh Nagar district administration had earlier requested the NGT to allow operation of legal hot mix plants so that urgent road repair and road resurfacing work could be carried out.

"Tribunal chairperson Swatantra Kumar is on leave so the other bench heard our case. It did not allow the operation of any hot mix plant. So we cannot carry out any road repair or resurfacing work. Now, the NGT is scheduled to hear the case on April 28 and, till then, all repair works will have to be postponed," said SC Mishra, Senior Project Engineer, Noida Authority.

The roads in immediate need of repair are Dadri-Surajpur-Chhalera (DSC) road, the 25 km Noida Expressway, Road No 6 and Master Plan-II Road over which an elevated road is being constructed.

Concrete

Cement industry to gain from new infrastructure spending

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1 week ago

July 24, 2025

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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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1 week ago

July 24, 2025

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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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Concrete

GoldCrest Cement to build plant in India

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1 week ago

July 23, 2025

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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.