JK Lakshmi Cement

Report by Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) on a proposed underground sewer line beneath the walkway of Puttenahalli lake, Karnataka, 01/05/2025

Report on behalf of Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) in compliance of the National Green Tribunal order dated April 24, 2025. An application was filed before the NGT by Yelahanka-Puttenahalli Lake and Bird Conservation Trust, praying for stopping the construction of a pipeline on a walking path of …

10 cement manufacturing firms told to pay Rs 630 crore by June 24

The Supreme Court today directed 10 cement manufacturing companies to pay Rs 630 crore by June 24 as a pre-condition for hearing their appeals against a penalty of Rs 6,300 crore imposed on them for artificially hiking cement prices by forming a cartel. A vacation Bench comprising Justices Gyan Sudha …

Cement cos told to comply with CCI's order within 90 days

The commission in its Q1 on June 20 had imposed a penalty of Rs 6,307.32 crore on 11 cement companies Cement manufactures, which have been slapped a penalty of over Rs 6,700 crore for price cartelisation, will have to comply with the order of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) …

J K Lakshmi Cement drops overseas acquisition plan

North India-based J K Lakshmi Cement has dropped its plan of last year to acquire a cement company in Egypt for Rs 800 crore. "We had been looking at capacities but we haven't been able to find one so far. Also, international economic conditions are not conducive and it will …

India tops energy-efficient cement production

New Delhi: With some of the plants operating at the lowest energy consumption levels, the Indian cement industry has become a forerunner in energy-efficient cement manufacturing in the world, according to yet to be released FE-EVI Green Business Survey 2009-10. The survey will be released in New Delhi on World …

Gujarat mining policy to perk up cement capacity

8 companies plan to add 22-mt capacity. Addition of new capacities on the back of a fall in demand has led to a downturn in capacity utilisation in the industry. Suresh P. Iyengar Mumbai, Feb. 14 The Gujarat Government's decision to put its mining policy on the fast track will …

Polluters don t pay

function graph() { var popurl="image/20051231/36_graph.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=250,height=250,scrollbars=yes") } Cement manufacturing is a dry process: from mining limestone to packaging cement. An average cement plant handles and stores millions of tonnes of raw material annually. The dust it generates makes the cement industry excessively polluting. Dust emissions are of two kinds

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