India’s Birla Corporation, the cement flagship Company of the M.P. Birla Group, is embarking on its next phase of growth. The company’s board approved an investment of Rs 4,335 crores to scale up the production capacity from 20.0 Mta to 27.6 Mta by FY 2028-29. The capacity expansion includes the ongoing upgrade of Kundanganj, which is progressing on schedule. Birla’s wholly owned subsidiary RCCP will invest Rs 2,300 crores into the expansion of the Maihar integrated unit (photo) in Madyah Pradesh. The clinker produced at Maihar will be fed to three new grinding units, to be set up at Prayagraj, Gaya and Aligarh, for which the company has budgeted an investment of Rs 2,035 crores.