Resumen de New projects will ease raw materials prices for Indian ceramics producers

Industrial Minerals

• Freight corridor expected to boost ceramics output; India-Japan partnership to grow urban footprint; Gujarat's ceramics logistical headache solved Sunder Singh The Indian ceramics industry - made up of ceramic tiles, sanitaryware and technical ceramics, and now worth Indian rupee (INR) 540bn ($8.11bn)* - has always struggled with the cost of raw materials. Currently, many Gujarati producers complain about predatory pricing from Chinese producers - which have occupied a large chunk of the Indian market - as the single largest reason behind slow development of the Indian manufacturing industry for technical ceramics. Stakeholders take Shekhar Adroja, CEO and owner of ceramic tile producer Metro City Tiles, based in Morbi, Gujarat, told IM : "Transport of raw materials from the mines and processors to our manufacturing unit is one of the largest variable cost components for most of the ceramic manufacturing units in the cluster. S Sankameeswaran, chief executive of Rajasthan-based MS...