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ProjectsToday Weekly Round-up: 10 May 2008

Every Saturday, ProjectsToday brings together important project-related developments transpired during the week.  

New Projects

• NALCO plans aluminium smelter, captive power plant in Orissa

• Sobha Group plans to set up hotels abroad

• Siemens plans turbines, generators unit in Andhra

• PBEL Property plans residential-cum-commercial complex

• Videocon plans industrial park, power plant in Andhra

• Man Group plans rail wheel plant

• PGCIL plans transmission lines in Myanmar

• Centre plans 30 mega food parks

• GE plans windmills, gas turbines in India

Financial closure

• Financial closure achieved for Hothur Ispat's power unit

Approvals, Clearances

• ONGC board approves major investment proposals

• Jhajjar Thermal Project: Environmental Clearances received

MoUs signed

• Tata Metaliks signs non-binding MoU with MP

Foundation stone laying

• Stone laid for gypsum-based building materials manufacturing plant

• Stone laid for integrated steel plant in Karnataka

General developments

• Tusliani Sumer developing commercial project at Andheri

• Essar Exploration reschedules Myanmar drilling programme

• ITL Industries' SS Tubes project at Dewas delayed

• Toshiba, JSW Group to establish JV for turbines, generators

• Sipat power project resynchronised

• REC in talks DVC to form JV

• Ansal API terminates pact for township project

• GMB issues LoI to two port projects

• Mumbai metro Line 1 to get JNNURM grant

• Runwal, GIC to launch retail mall

• Land alloted for Bharatiya International SEZ

• Maharashtra government plans Sea World in Sindhudurg

• Imperial Investments to invest $100 million in India

• HPCL changes location of wind power project

• GMR consortium receives licence for Turkish airport

• IIFCL likely to power $5 billion loans to PFC

• Adani Group eyes Brakel stake in Himachal Pradesh power projects

• IFFCO forms JV to source rock phosphate raw material from Australia

• NELP VII bid deadline further extended

• Mahindra Lifespace in consortium for residential development project

• Warana Group forays into power generation

• Stone laid for Caparo industrial park

• Tamil Nadu to soon announce IT policy

• Fifteen companies signs pact for UK-India submarine cable system

• Haldia Petro acquires L&T stake in HPLCL

• Nirmal Lifestyle to develop 20 townships

• Work commenced on GSPC's Pipavav power project

• Shree Cement plans capacity expansion

• Lafarge emerges frontrunner to acquire L&T concrete

• Civil aviation ministry to extend Juhu runway

• Maharashtra government to soon formulate BOT policy

• Ducon Technologies bags Udupi thermal power contract

• BHEL to sign JV with APGENCO, TNEB

• Visa Power's 1,000 MW Nigada power project to commence soon

• Ground works completed for SLB Energy's power project

• NTPC eyes coal mine abroad

• Spencer's Retail plans major expansion

• Garg Inox's Pune project nearing completion

• Nitishree Infrastructure progresses with office-cum-residential complex

• Solar Semiconductor ties up with Motech of Taiwan

• Cadila Pharmaceuticals to set up eight units in PhaEZ Park

• Soma Constructions to implement Dhapewada Lift Irrigation Scheme

• Sutherland Global to set up campus in Chennai

• Diamond Power's transmission towers project to commence soon

• Civil work begins at Bongaigaon thermal power station

• Work on Webel's solar photovoltaic cells unit nearing completion

• Letter of intent (LoI) is issued to IL&F for Gujarat Maritime Board's port project at Khambhat in Anand district of Gujarat.

Inorganic Indian Investment Abroad

• CVI fails to acquire Mozambique coal blocks

General Investment Plans

• Tata Teleservices to invest Rs.140 crore by AP

• RITES to invest Rs.200 crore in rolling stock business

• Tata Steel and JV partners to invest in Australian mine

• Indiabulls to invest Rs.1,000 crore in retail business

• Wadhawan Group plans to invest Rs.3,500 crore

• Ramsarup Industries to invest Rs.1,500 crore by 2010

• Murugappa Group to spend Rs.1,300 crore by 2009

• Bharat Coking to invest Rs.1,200 crore for operating mines

• TPC to invest $500 million to transport coal from Indonesia

• BHEL to invest Rs.1,000 crore in Tiruchirappalli plant

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