Cement Industrypresentationvishu
Cement Industrypresentationvishu
Cement Industrypresentationvishu
Vishwajeet.S.Gadhvi
History
The first endeavor to manufacture cement dates back to 1889
when a Calcutta
Based company endeavored to manufacture cement from
Argillaceous (kankar).
The origins of Indian cement industry can be traced back to
1914 when the first unit was set-up at Porbandar with a
capacity of 1000 tones.
Today
Mega plants:125
Mini plants:300
Central Govt. units:10
State Govt. plants:10
After liberalization
1989:Compelete Freedom
1991:Licence System
Major Players
There are a number of players prevailing in the cement
industry in India. However, there are around 20 big names
that account for more than 70% of the total cement
production in India. The total installed capacity is distributed
over around 129 plants, owned by 54 major companies across
the nation
Demand and Supply
The demand drivers for the cement sector continue to be
housing, infrastructure and commercial construction, etc. We
expect the proportion of infrastructure in total demand to
improve further in future, as the thrust on infrastructure
development is on the rise. During April-November 2007,
cement demand grew by 10 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y)
propelled by the growth witnessed in end user segments such
as housing, infrastructure etc
Demand
30%
25%
East
20%
South
15%
North
10% West
5% Central
0%
2006-07 2007-08
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Demand Drivers
Housing
Infrastructure
Commercial Construction
Consumption(2007-08)
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Government Policies
Price and Distribution Controls(1940-81)
Partial Decontrol(1982-1988)
Total Decontrol(1989)
Research and Development
Formation of WGCI (Working Group on Cement Industry)
The Working Group has identified following thrust areas
for improving demand for cement;