Every Saturday ProjectsToday brings together important project-related developments transpiring during the week, in the Weekly Round-Up. These developments are presented as information nuggets with relevant hyperlinks leading you to more details available in the sections -- Project News, Projects Information and Project Tenders. The entire compilation has been organized in subjects to facilitate reference. The following report pertains to the period 28 Mar - 03 Apr 2010.

New Projects
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• INEOS mulls plant at Dahej SEZ (more news, project details)

• Mantri Realty plans SEZ in Nagpur (more news)

• SAIL to set up two oxygen units at Bhilai plant (more news)

Financial closure

• IRB Infra achieves financial closure for two road projects (more news, project details)

Appointment of partners

• Jet Airways in pact with ST Aerospace (more news)

• Puravankara teams up with Mexico's Homex (more news)

Approvals, Clearances

• Nod for JNPT's port based SEZ (more news, project details)

• Karnataka clears 34 investment proposals (more news)

• Funds sanctioned for development projects in Kochi (more news)

• Tamil Nadu Cement gets funds for plant renovation (more news)

MoUs signed

• IOC, UOP LLC sign MoU (more news)

Expected commencement of work

• SPML to start mine in Indonesia in April (more news)

Project impediments

• Lafarge denied permission for mining in Meghalaya forests (more news)

General developments

• M&M to combine tractor JVs in China (more news)

• NCC nearing financial closure for Sompeta power project (more news, project details)

• Nanguneri SEZ to see light of day (more news)

• DLF to initiate two projects in Mumbai (more news)

• New terminal of Mangalore Airport to be ready soon (more news)

• Houses planned under JNNURM in Raipur (more news)

• GAIL, MIDC enter into JV (more news)

• GAIL commences gas supply to Maruti's Manesar plant (more news, project details)

• Fifteen Vivanta and Gateway hotels by 2011 (more news)

• Uttar Pradesh asked to clear land acquisition for power (more news)

• Tata Power to offload stake in Bumi (more news, project details)

• GVK Power acquies stake in GVK Gautami (more news)

• Tata Power plans geothermal foray (more news)

• Orchid Chemicals completes transaction with Hospira (more news)

• Nagarjuna Agrichem to garner funds for Vizag plant (more news)

• Haryana plans road corridor (more news)

• Avantha Power to raise funds through IPO (more news, project details)

• NATRIP testing center in Tamil Nadu (more news)

• Kerala to mobilise equity from market for Kannur airport (more news)

• Columbia Asia Group mulls major expansion by 2012 (more news)

• VRL Logistics forays into cement business (more news)

• Kolkata Airport modernisation cost escalates (more news, project details)

• Singareni Collieries may rope in contract mining partners (more news)

• Kuwait offered stake in ONGC Dahej plant (more news, project details)

Completion of projects

• Inox Wind commissions Himachal plant (more news, project details)

• Inderlok to Mundka, Green Line inaugurated (more news)

• Surya Roshni’s Uttarakhand factory inaugurated (more news, project details)

• Sanmania-SCI opens Chennai facility (more news)

• Rail link to Vallarpadam terminal ready (more news, project details)

• Ambuja cement unit at Nalagarh inaugurated (more news, project details)

• Hindustan Zinc commences production from Dariba unit (more news)

Envisaged completion of projects

• Textile centre in Kannur to be opened in April (more news)

• Nirmal MMR Abhiyan nearing completion (more news)

General Investment Plans

• Srivarshini's housing complex at Vepagunta (more news)

• Bhilwara Energy plans four hydel projects (more news)

• Japan commits Rs 10,500 cr loan assistance to India (more news, project details)

• Sandur Manganese plans investment (more news)

• India Infrastructure to invest in Karaikal Port (more news)

• Kakinada Seaports to ramp up capacity (more news)

• Giovani plans more outlets (more news)

• GAIL plans investment for next fiscal (more news)

• Madras Cements plans expansion (more news)

• Marriott plans 3 hotels in India (more news)

• GMDC to invest in wind power (more news)

• EPP plans composite complex near Rajkot (more news)

• Riga Sugar to raise power plant capacity (more news)

• Bridgestone plans plant in Pune (more news)

Project Financing

• SSTL borrows funds (more news)

• World Bank to part finance Mission Clean Ganga (more news)

• Essar Shipping mops up funds for expansion (more news, project details)

Policy Developments

• 23 FDI proposals cleared (more news)

EOIs

• Himachal to invite EoIs for five-star hotels (more news)