India: High crude oil prices are forcing packaging costs to rise for cement producers. Data sourced from Capitaline shows that Ambuja Cements’ packaging material cost rose by 19% year-on-year in the 2018 financial year, according to the Mint business newspaper. Similarly, Shree Cement’s packaging costs rose by 9%. Both companies use high-density polyethylene bags, which are affected by the cost of oil. Crude oil prices have risen by around 24% to far in 2018 to above US$80/barrel.
Oil prices hitting packaging prices for Indian cement producers
Acquisition
Asia
carbon capture
Cemex
China
CO2
concrete
coronavirus
data
decarbonisation
Export
Germany
Government
grinding plant
Holcim
Import
India
Investment
LafargeHolcim
market
Pakistan
Plant
Product
Production
Results
Sales
Sustainability
UK
Upgrade
US
| « | October 2025 | » | ||||
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | ||
