ProjectsToday Weekly
Round-up: 02
Feb 2008
Every Saturday, ProjectsToday brings together important project-related developments transpired during the week.
New Projects
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projects added during the period 27 January - 02 February 2008, click here)
- Leitner Shriram to manufacture wind
turbines near Chennai
- Astonfield Group to build towers
for rural telephony
- RJ Corp, Inbev plans beer unit in
Andhra Pradesh
- FACOR plans steel, power plant in
Nagpur
- JSW Steel plans steel plate plant
in Maharashtra
- Golden Gate plans SEZ, township
projects
- JSW Group plans deep-sea port in
West Bengal
Appointment of partners
- Louis Berger appointed as
consultant for Navi Mumbai international airport
Approvals, Clearances
- CCEA approves upgradation of
Patna-Muzaffarpur section
- Punjab government clears projects
worth Rs.749 crore
- Government nod for 34 FDI proposals
- Mumbai Metro board approves to
award civil works contract to Simplex
- NABARD sanctions 252 projects in
Andhra Pradesh
MoUs signed
- Orissa government signs three MoUs
for steel projects
General developments
- Arcelor-Mittal finalises site for
Jharkhand integrated steel project
- Govt raises FDI limit in 7 sectors
- Indian government defers approval
for Dailmer's CV venture
- BHEL to pick up stake in TNEB's
Udangudi power plant
- Haryana government to transfer
power sub-stations
- Tender for Karnataka State
Industrial Investment & Development Corporation's Rs.40 crore airport
project in Bijapur district of Karnataka is likely to be re-invited due to
non-availability of land.
- CERC agrees RPL's tariff for
Krishnapatnam UMPP
- BG likely to pick 30 per cent stake
in ONGC's KG Basin
- Nissan Copper plans backward
integration at Silvassa copper unit
- ONGC to sign pact for green
technology
- Surat APMC floats company for agro
food park & terminal market
- Indian Railways to consider $800
million ADB fund
- Areva plans India JV for nuclear
power equipment
- Chhattisgarh government cancels
contract with CMEC for Korba power project
- ONGC likely to give up two CBM
blocks
- Climate Change Capital to fund CFL
projects
Organic Indian Investment Abroad
- Manaksia plans steel long products
facility in Georgia
General Investment Plans
- MSEDCL plans major investment by
2009
- Aditya Birla Retail plans major
investment by 2013
- Stadia Infrastructure to invest
Rs.1,000 crore in Jodhpur
- Red Fort Capital to invest Rs.2,700
crore in real estate projects
- JBIC decides to fund only the
Western arm of Dedicated Freight Corridor
- Elbee Express to invest Rs.200
crore by 2010
- PTC to create $1 billion corpus to
acquire overseas coal block
- CPCL plans Rs.5,000 crore for
Chennai refinery revamp
- Landmark Group to invest $500
million by 2010
- BHEL to invest Rs.736 crore to
upgrade boiler facility at Trichy
Policy Developments
- MNRE issues guidelines for solar
power generation
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