Economy & Market

Cement shortage hits VMC development works

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15 years ago

January 4, 2011

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Development works in the city are moving at a sluggish pace due to the paucity of cement. A concerned Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) has now asked contractors to take steps so that they can keep up the pace of construction works awarded to them. Availability of cement in general has become a problem in the city due to transportation issues. VMC officials said that with the High Court ing its whip on overloaded trucks, the supply of cement done by packing trucks beyond their capacity had taken a hit. "It will take some time before arrangements are made by transporters as they will now need more trucks to carry cement. The problem is temporary in nature and we expect that it will not last long," VMC Commissioner MK Das said. VMC authorities have meanwhile asked contractors to make alternative arrangements so that work does not suffer. Another suggestion given to the contractors is that they should use the long festivities holidays to ensure that they stocks enough cement. "Work is slow in this period as workers take a long break. The period can be used to procure cement to ensure that work continues at a brisk pace when the workers return," Das added.

Concrete

Cement industry to gain from new infrastructure spending

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23 hours 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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Concrete

AI boom drives demand, says ACA

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23 hours 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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2 days 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.