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Indian anti-corruption body looks into gypsum deal

01 November 2016

India: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has started investigating officials at Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore Limited (FACT) for corruption related to the sale of gypsum. The CBI is exploring whether a cartel was formed between FACT and Nagarjuna Chemicals to sell fertiliser-derived gypsum to NSS Trade India Private Limited at a significantly lower rate than the market value, according to the Times of India. In addition a clause in an agreement between the companies suggest that they may have intended to keep the price of gypsum artificially high to the end clients.

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Grenzebach signs plant deal with Classic Gypsum

26 October 2016

India: Grenzebach BSH has signed a deal with Classic Gypsum of Kolhapur, Maharashtra to supply a plaster and plasterboard plant. No value for the contract has been announced. The deal was formalised at the 16th Global Gypsum Conference that took place in Bangkok, Thailand. 

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Essar Projects wins US$44.7m contract from Indian Farmers Fertilizer Co-operative

22 July 2016

India: Engineering company Essar Projects has won a US$44.7m contract from the Indian Farmers Fertilizer Co-operative (IFFCO) to build a phosphogypsum stack at its Paradip plant in Odisha, India's largest phosphatic fertiliser complex.
The project has two phases. Phase I, which is valued at about US$28m, involves completion of approximately 60% of the total construction and must be completed in 20 months. The second phase involves construction of the remaining 40% and will have to be completed in 10 months. Essar Projects has completed three projects for IFFCO Paradip to date.

"The fact that this is our fourth major back-to-back project with IFFCO, is a reflection of the customer's confidence in our capabilities. We are pleased to say that we have already delivered some key works of the current contract that had to be completed before the onset of the monsoon," said AV Amarnath, COO, Essar Projects.

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Gyp Elite India to build gypsum wallboard plant in southern India

14 June 2016

India: Gyp Elite India Private Limited in Nellore, Andra Pradesh plans to build a new gypsum wallboard plant in southern India. The plant will have a 300t/day calcination production capacity and a 10Mm2/yr wallboard capacity. It will also be able to produce ceiling tiles, grids and steel sections. Construction is set to start in August 2016 with commercial production scheduled for late March 2017. The project has an investment of US$15m.

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FACT-RCF Building Products’ turnover soars as gypsum panels grow popular

18 January 2016

India: With glass reinforced gypsum panels manufactured by FACT-RCF Building Products Limited (FRBL) growing popular, the joint venture company's turnover is expected to surpass US$2.95m during its current financial year.

The growth is significant given that the company's turnover was less than US$73,950 two years ago. During the previous financial year, turnover touched US$369,754, according to C P Dinesh, Managing Director of FRBL.

The sale of gypsum panels during the first nine months of its current fiscal year brought in US$665,233. About 100,000ft2/yr of panels is expected to be sold during the year. Dinesh said that gypsum panels had become acceptable in the country as an alternative to conventional building materials due to their environment friendliness and cost-efficiency.

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Rajasthan’s Mining Department leased 28.3km2 of gypsum mines under Singhvi

06 October 2015

India: Rajasthan's suspended mining secretary Ashok Singhvi, who was arrested for allegedly running a massive bribery racket, was instrumental in throwing open Rajasthan's gypsum reserves, which are the largest in the country, to indiscriminate mining.

On 17 August 2014, the mines department headed by Singhvi de-reserved gypsum mining in Rajasthan, ending the exclusive gypsum mining rights enjoyed by state-owned Rajasthan Mines and Minerals Ltd (RSMM). According to documents recently accessed by local press, the mines department threw open some 28.3km2 of gypsum mines without inviting applications or notifying specific mining zones, in clear violation of the centre's 30 October 2014 guidelines. Several of the leases were granted on 12 January 2015, one day before the central government promulgated the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) (MMDR) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015, which ended discretionary bases of awarding leases and made auction the sole method of allotment.

The guidelines, issued to curb illegal mining, intended to provide greater transparency in the use of natural resources. However, documents show that the Rajasthan Mines Department granted 15 gypsum mining leases against applications dated before 17 August 2014, when gypsum mining was the exclusive right of RSMM and no applications for its mining could have been entertained from anyone else. Some applications dated as far back as 8 May 2012, more than three years before gypsum was de-reserved for mining by private companies. This meant that leases were granted to 'favourites' on back-dated applications so they could qualify on a 'first come, first served' basis. Leases were hurriedly awarded on this basis to avoid running into the new MMDR ordinance, which came in to effect on 13 January 2015 and mandated the auction route for granting leases.

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Saint-Gobain announces new Indian plant

04 September 2015

India: Saint Gobain Gyproc will set up a new US$60m manufacturing plant in India. "We have identified western India as suitable location for the new plant," said V Subramanian, Managing Director of Gypsum Business for Saint Gobain India. A final decision on the location will be taken by the end of 2015.

Gyproc India already has three manufacturing plants in the country in Jind (near Delhi), Wada (near Mumbai) and Bengaluru. The combined production capacity of these plants is about 46Mm2/yr. "Our capacity utilisation ratio is very high. The proposed new plant will add another 30Mm2/yr of capacity,'' added Subramanian.

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FACT-RCF to enter deal with Tata Housing

24 February 2015

India: Gypsum wallboard and plaster maker FACT-RCF Building Products Ltd (FRBPL) is expecting to sign a supply contract with Tata Housing. FRBPL is a 50:50 joint venture between Kochi-based Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd and Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilisers Ltd (RCF).

"The negotiations are on with Tata Housing. We hope to conclude the negotiations soon and ink the deal," said C P Dinesh, managing director of FRBPL. Dinesh said that the plant in Kerala has a capacity of 1.4Mm2/yr and started production in 2012. According to Dinesh, Tata Housing is planning to construct ground plus four buildings and needs wallboard panels in large numbers.

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Saint-Gobain to double Indian sales to US$1.61bn by 2019

19 February 2015

India: Saint-Gobain, which is celebrating its 350th anniversary, has its sights set firmly on the future and, in particular, in India. It entered India in 1996 and now has 20 manufacturing plants and about 4900 employees there.

Saint-Gobain's two ambitions for its businesses in India are to shape the future of and to become the reference for sustainable habitat and to more than double its business in India and to exceed sales of US$1.61bn by 2019.

"India has been an important market and investment destination for Saint-Gobain and, going forward, will be even more so," said Anand Mahajan, Saint-Gobain's general delegate for India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

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Minor mineral mining, including gypsum, now under state control

06 February 2015

India: The Centre of Mining has decided to put 31 minerals under the control of state governments by scaling down their status from major to minor as part of a mining policy change, according to Mines minister Narendra Singh Tomar. This allows states to decide the mining lease of the minerals, which account for about 60% of the total leased area in the country.

The decentralised minerals include gypsum, quartz, chalk and china clay. The change in policy will let states decide the rate of royalty, contribution to the district mineral foundation, procedure for grant of mineral concessions and rules. The Mines Ministry will allow states' public sector undertakings to explore minerals in areas under their jurisdiction.

"It is an important step in fulfilling the minimum government, maximum governance motto of our government," said Tomar. "This is being done to devolve more power to the states and expedite the process of mineral development in the country." States cannot lease out major minerals such as coal and iron ore without mandatory clearances from central ministries. High revenue earners, coal and iron ore, retain their positions as major minerals even after the policy shift.

The decision to broaden the list of minor minerals should drastically shorten the lease approval process because the state would be dealing with all the paperwork. Production should also increase. However, India could be treading on a minefield of environmental degradation if adequate protection measures are not taken.

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