The GST council has slashed the rate on cement from 28% to 18%. After a dull FY25, cement manufacturers were hoping to raise prices this fiscal, counting in on higher demand from real estate and infrastructure segments
The GST Council cut the goods and services tax rate on cement to 18 percent from 28 percent
Cement prices in southern India, a highly fragmented and competitive market, rose the highest, followed by the east, driven by higher infrastructure spending by states like Andhra Pradesh as well as stability after a frenetic year of mergers and acquisitions
JSW Cement's Parth Jindal said the company would focus on greenfield projects as well as brownfield expansion to reach its near-term capacity target of 41.85 million tonne per annum (MTPA), compared to 20.60 MTPA at the end of FY25.
The government has called bids for setting up Bharat Small Reactors to decarbonise high-emission industries such as steel and aluminium. It expects at least Rs 35,000 crore in investments from the private sector
Net Sales are expected to increase by 16.5 percent Y-o-Y (down 3.4 percent Q-o-Q) to Rs. 20,423.5 crore, according to Prabhudas Lilladher.
Net Sales are expected to increase by 8 percent Y-o-Y (down 0.4 percent Q-o-Q) to Rs. 5,219.2 crore, according to Prabhudas Lilladher.
Net Sales are expected to increase by 4.1 percent Y-o-Y (down 9.8 percent Q-o-Q) to Rs. 2,743.8 crore, according to Prabhudas Lilladher.
Net Sales are expected to increase by 1.5 percent Y-o-Y (down 10.2 percent Q-o-Q) to Rs. 3,673.8 crore, according to Prabhudas Lilladher.
Net Sales are expected to increase by 10.4 percent Y-o-Y (down 7.2 percent Q-o-Q) to Rs. 9,176.1 crore, according to Prabhudas Lilladher.
Net Sales are expected to increase by 8.9 percent Y-o-Y (down 7.5 percent Q-o-Q) to Rs. 5,611.9 crore, according to Prabhudas Lilladher.
UltraTech, after receiving approvals from the National Company Law Tribunal, took control of India Cements in late-December 2024, marking Q4 as the first full quarter of the latter being a subsidiary of the Aditya Birla Group firm
Although the industry anticipates an upward trend in cement prices, driven by rising rural consumption supported by improved farm cash flows, executives caution that intensifying competition could limit significant price gains.
The government will soon announce emissions intensity trajectory for nine 'hard-to-abate' sectors, which will have to be achieved in a staggered manner
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