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ProjectsToday Weekly Round-up: 24 May 2008

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

New Projects
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• Peninsula Land plans JV for business hotels

• Ras al-Khaimah plans 'Educational City' in Andhra

• IOC, Calik Energy plans refinery complex in Turkey

• HSIIDC to set up dwelling units at Manesar

• Nahar plans polypropylene plant in Madhya Pradesh

• Maheshwari Group plans mall in Hyderabad

• L&T Arun Excello plans hotel in Chennai

• Trivitron Group to set up medical technology park

Approvals, Clearances

• Kerala Cabinet approves Lanco tender for Vizhinjam port project

• GSPC awaits MoEF nod for LNG terminal in Mundra

• SIIL gets Cabinet's nod for merger with NMDC

• CCEA approves NPCIL's land acquisition for nuclear projects

• Deep Industries receives petroleum exploration license

MoUs signed

• SAIL signs MoU with RSMML

• Regaliaa Realty enters MoU with Lumbini Constructions

• Concor, FACT signs MoU for CFS

General developments

• RCom to launch DTH services

• Government takes back five blocks from RIL

• IDFC, Lehman to pick 17 per cent in Konaseema Gas Power

• NECL to open two opencast mine by 2009

• Suzlon Energy lines up fund for stake in Repower

• MIDC arm seeks tie-ups for gas supply to industrial estates

• NPCIL, L&T likely to form JV

• RIL to pick up 50 per cent stake in Rewas port connectivity project

• Hatsun Agro plans rural retail foray

• Rohit Ferro-Tech acquires stake in Indonesian coal mines

• Union health ministry plans vaccine unit in Chennai

• NHAI to delay awarding fresh contracts

• Work on Lanco's gas based power project commenced

• Riddhi Siddhi's maize processing plant to reach optimum capacity

• Milestone Capital to raise Rs.1,000 crore fund

• REC sanctions loan to North Chennai power project

• OVL to relinquish block in Libya

• VW invited 10 German suppliers to Pune

• Garden Silk Mills to double capacity

• GAIL to pipe gas to Tata Power, HPCL

• MJP's regional rural water supply scheme underway

• Lanco Infratech to form holding company for power projects

• Clair Technology forays into fluorescent lamps

• Nissan to produce lithium-ion batteries by 2009

• India, Germany sign financial, technical co-operation pacts

• Timken seeks government nod to transfer in TIL to Mauritius unit

• Bharati Shipyard completes land survey for WB project

• CFL in JV for roack phosphate

• Thane Water Supply Scheme: 20 per cent work complete

• MSRDC plans cable-stayed bridges

• J&K to sign city gas distribution pact with GAIL

• MPPTCL to purchase power from RPL's Chitrangi project

• NMDC in taks with Rio Tinto

• Teekays' medium density fibre board unit to go onstream by 2009

• Five entities shortlisted for Pithoragarh airport

• Nandan Biomatrix in JV for jatropha plantation

• Jaiprakash Power Venture acquires Bina Power Supply

• KMRC to implement Kolkata East-West Metro corridor

• M&M signs term sheet agreement with Kinetic Motors

• MMRDA to construct low-rent houses

• Bengaluru international airport becomes operational

• Gammon Infra to set up Pravara Nagar co-generation power plant

• Consultant for Churchgate-Virar elevated rail to finalise by end May

• Saint-Gobain Glass to soon finalise location for its expansion plans

• Atlas Group plans pharmaceutical unit

• GMR Group to increase stake in South Africa's Homeland Energy

• BEML Midwest acquires mine in Mozambique

• Twenty two bidders shown interest in Ennore Ports' container terminal

• Providence Equity to pick up stake in ABTL

• ONGC to sell 30-40 per cent in Vietnam oil blocks

• Midhani plans JV with Russian company

General Investment Plans

• Platinum Corporation to invest in agri-biotechnology ventures

• HUDA to invest in expressway

• BSNL awards $90 milllion contract to Motorola

• Chadha Group plans major capex by 2011

• BSEL Infra to invest in Malaysian project

• Areva T&D to invest plans major investment by end 2008

• Anant Raj to invest in SEZ, hospitality sector

• Government grants funding for bus rapid transit system

• Kolte-Patil Developers to invest Rs.3,650 crore in 2008

• Government lines up Rs.5,000 crore port expansion projects

• Aditya Birla to invest Rs.80,000 crore in Orissa

• PIDB clears Rs.20,000 crore infrastructure projects

Project Financing

• World Bank to sanction Rs.16,000 crore to UP government

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