ProjectsToday Weekly Round-up: 19 Dec 2009
Every Saturday, ProjectsToday brings together important project-related developments transpired during the week.
New Projects
Sree Metaliks mulls power plant in Orissa
York Transport plans manufacturing facility in India
Cyberpark in Kozhikode
Beckons plans bio-diesel plant in Punjab
Supertech plans residential project in Noida
Merlin North Star project launched in Kolkata
Government mulls energy parks
Torrent Power, GPCL plan 2,000 MW power plant in Amreli
Ansaldo Caldaie plans boiler plant in Trichy
General developments
Phase III Technopark in Thiruvananthapuram by 2011
Essar Oil wins three CBM blocks
DP World to commission Vallarpadam terminal by April
Mahindra enters aerospace business
Task Force recommends four power projects in Orissa to SLSWCA
Eight companies vying to team up with Coal India
Westin plans seven hotels
Pennar to foray into energy, precision engineering
JICA loan likely for Rengali Left Bank Canal
Cairn postpones exploration plans in KG basin
RFQ for Hyderabad Metro extended
Vivanta by Taj in Srinagar
ABG Cement to expand capacity at Kachchh plant
Parsvnath Developers to raise funds through PE route
VW plans powertrain facility at Chakan
Tenders for Surat-Paradip gas pipeline soon
Karnataka finalises Ferozabad for thermal plant
Kalbadevi-Chira Bazaar area to get a facelift
BHEL may revive off-shore rig business
Varun Energy acquires uranium mines in Madagascar
GAIL vies for D6 gas for southern pipelines
RCL plans 50 Ginger hotels by 2013
Five ports in Kerala to be revived
KEC looks forward to bag railway infrastructure project
NEEPCO's Tuirial project may be revived
ONGC exploring viability of Iran projects
Expansion of Essar's Vadinar refinery on track
NPCIL plans to raise major funds for projects
Mumbai Metro Line III to be partially underground
ONGC makes two gas discoveries in Kachchh offshore block
Mopa airport land acquisition by March 2010
Sumitomo Metals in pact with Bhushan Steel
Completion of projects
Royal Orchid Central opened in Ahmedabad
SMS Pharma's API unit goes on stream
General Investment Plans
Bombay Hospital plans hospital in Jaipur
Usha Martin to set up a chain of 200 schools
KMCH setting up medical city in Coimbatore
OPTCL to invest on power infrastructure
Fortis acquires Wockhardt hospitals
FACT plans expansion
Choice Hospitality plans more hotels
Shoppers Stop to raise stake in Hypercity
Mirah to launch more Falafel outlets
CIL plans 20 coal washeries
Gitanjali plans 40 Maya stores
Tata DoCoMo plans investment in Karnataka
Haryana to spend on police infrastructure
Chettinad Cement mulls expansion
Hospira buys Orchid Chemicals' pharma unit
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