Eight core industries grew at a slower pace of 2.1 per cent in August, as against 3.8 per cent in the same month last year due to negative growth in crude oil, natural gas, fertiliser and cement.

Country's cement demand may grow at a healthy rate of 10 per cent in 2012, but subdued capacity utilisation and costlier raw materials will keep prices under pressure, cement major ACC Ltd has said.

The state government on Friday cautioned the cement manufacturers against a major public unrest over sale of the commodity at exorbitant rates. The government took some initiatives to rein in the ceme

Eleven cement makers were slapped with $1.1 billion in fines on Thursday for price fixing, a record penalty from an increasingly assertive anti-trust regulator, the Competition Commission of India (CC

Indian cement companies are looking at trimming costs as a bearish trend in the realty market and slo-wer pace of infrastructure projects led to slow off-take in sales in the most crucial summer seaso

A new outfit, the Rayalaseema Rashtra Samiti, has launched a campaign against cement firms in Rayalaseema.

The samiti has decided to organise a 48-hour satyagraha at Kadapa from April 16. Their dema