ProjectsToday Weekly
Round-up: 19
July 2008
Every Saturday, ProjectsToday brings together important project-related developments transpired during the week.
New Projects
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- Gitanjali Group plans diamond
processing SEZ
- Inorbit to set up eight malls
- Maytas launches IT/ITeS SEZ at
Bachupally
- Gujarat NRE plans Rs.450 crore coke
manufacturing facility in Andhra
- Toshiba plans power boiler plant in
Chennai
Approvals, Clearances
- Union Cabinet approves upgrading
5,000 km national highways
- MMRDA approves operationalisation
of BRTS on Western, Eastern expressways
- Tuticorin Port Trust's outer
harbour at Tuticorin port in Tamil Nadu received in-principle approval.
- CERC nod for PFC-Rel Infra's
transmission licence
General developments
- GSPC strikes more gas in KG basin
- Ind-Swift Group to enter into
education sector
- Foreign firms to pick up stake in
Eldeco Infrastructure
- Parsvnath to buy 38 per cent stake
in Haryana's Nano City project
- Mumbai Cricket Association plans
Wankhede stadium upgradation
- Kolkata Port to invite bids for
consultants for Haldia jetty
- ONGC to offer joint operatorship to
BG
- Emaar-MGF to receive $150 million
investment
- ONGC's plan to rope in foreign
partner's in KG block awaits approval
- Orissa government to sign MoU with
PGCIL
- NTPC plans to bid for thermal
plants in Oman
- Fourth round for coal CBM by
December 2008
- Gammon India looking for majority
stake in Italian company
- Ispat Industries to get Jharkhand's
Latua iron ore mine
- Solar, semiconductor project
proposals awaits government nod
- SRF acquires South African based
company
- Modern India identifies land for
free trade warehousing zone
- JSW Steel plans to acquire United
Coal Co, US
- Foundation stone soon for Kakinada
port based SEZ
- Foundation stone soon for Colachel
fishing harbour
- Hardy Oil starts drilling in well
GS01-M1
- Videocon plans JV with Mitsui,
Hitachi
- Land acquisition completed for
Vallarpadam ICTT rail, road connectivity
- PGCIL to execute three projects in
Myanmar
- Agency to be appointed to prepare
DPR for resuming Kudremukh mine operations
- Foster Wheeler in talks with BGR
Energy for boiler manufacture
- Maytas to develop three IT SEZs in
Hyderabad
- Volkswagen launches 'Jetta'
- Tata Steel to acquire iron ore mine
in Australia
- Binani Cement to foray into realty
development
- Jindal Stainless to acquire chrome
ore, manganese mines in West Asia
- Kolkata Port to invite RfQs for
jetties
- UP to privatise 25 sugar mills
- HDA signs water supply scheme pact
- Reliance Retail to expand i store
digital network
- GAIL starts gas supply to BPCL
Trombay unit
- ONGC to surrender Barmer-Sanchor
CBM block
General Investment Plans
- Netherlands Development Finance Co
extends loan to Alok Industries
- RPG Group to invest in
retail business
- Sureka Group plans major investemnt
- GSPC to invest in KG
basin
- Milestone Capital to invest in Maharashtra
- Somany Group to invest
by 2013
- NCC plans investment by 2011
- Tata Group to invest in
Andhra aerospace SEZ
- NTPC to get term loan from PFC
- Prism Cement to invest in Andhra, HP
- BSNL to invest in
WiMax project
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