ProjectsToday Weekly
Round-up: 16
Feb 2008
Every Saturday, ProjectsToday brings together important project-related developments transpired during the week.
New Projects
(To view new
projects added during the period 10 -16 February 2008, click here)
- RFCL to set up chemicals
manufacturing facility in Gujarat
- McDonald plans food processing unit
- MSMC plans 540 MW coal based power
plant
- Elbit Imaging to set up dairy plant
in Gujarat
- Lalmahal Group plans 500 retail
outlets
- Tata, Gammon Infra tie-up for SEZ
in Jamshedpur
- Hooghly Met Coke plans
metallurgical coke plant in Orissa
MoUs signed
- GAIL signs MoU with Russian firm
- Shyam Steel signs MoU for two steel
plants
- Jain Irrigation signs water
infrastructure MoU with Israeli company
- India and Netherlands signs MoU for
various areas in shipping sector
- PFC signs MoA for India's first
grid-connected solar power project
- Maharashtra signs MoUs with seven
companies
- MoU signed for legislative assembly
complex in Tamil Nadu
General developments
- Lumax Industries plans expansion
- PV Technologies signs pact with US
company to increase photovoltaic capacity
- Foundation stone laid for DVC's
Durgapur power project
- Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
gets first commercial flights
- IIFCL to get $250 million from RBI
by end February
- Alcatel-Lucent bags undersea cable
contract
- Maytas Infra to foray into mining
- Government to no longer permit IT
units to set up within industrial parks
- NTPC to issue LoA for five power
projects
- PVR ties up with Thai entertainment
company
- Escorts Construction ties-up with
Altec
- M&M, BAE Systems to develop
mine-proof vehicle
- Foundation stone soon for marina
port project
- Arshiya International, Jurong signs
pact to develop free trade warehousing zones
- RIL unveils gas find in deepwater
block of KG basin
- Thermax signs license agreement
with Babcock & Wilcox for utility boilers
- Dwarikesh Sugar to supply 44 MW to
UPPCL
- Arcelor Mittal allotted 7,750 acres
for Orissa steel project
- Modine Thermal Systems seeks tie-up
for engine-cooling systems
- Shell India to raise capacity of
terminal at Hazira
- Jubilant Energy discovers oil &
gas in Cauvery
- Prateek Lifestyle plans
major
expansion
- Israel based companies, Indian
firms tie-up for realty foray
- PFC to float advisory company
- Bhushan Steel to sign MoU for
cement plant in Madhya Pradesh
- NTPC, BSEB floats JV company for
Nabinagar power project
- Foundation stone soon for Kisan SEZ
in Andhra Pradesh
- FACT signs pact to make
gypsum-based building materials
- Igarashi Motors forms JV with
Robert Bosch
- JC Middle East FZC plans industrial
valves unit in Tamil Nadu
General Investment Plans
- IOC to invest in
pipeline projects
- Sujana Metal plans
capacity expansion
- Suncity Projects plans major investment in Jaipur
- Avtec to invest in
engine, transmission capacity
- Vipul announces
major investment in Punjab
- EPR Group to invest $500 million in
capacity expansion
Policy Developments
- Gujarat integrated township policy
by March 2008
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