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India’s JK Lakshmi expanded capacity to 17.9 Mta

JK Lakhsmi Surat cement

India’s JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd. has commissioned a 2nd grinding unit in Surat with a capacity of 1.35 Mta. Alongside this, the company has completed a debottlenecking of the JKP cement mill in Rajasthan and expanded the cement capacity to…

India’s UltraTech inaugurated Nathdwara Line III

UltraTech Nathdwara

India’s UltraTech Cement celebrated the inauguration of the 3.32 Mta brownfield cement line Nathdwara in Binanigram in Rajasthan,end of September. The ceremony was headed by the Honorable Chairman Shri Kumar Mangalam Birla of the Aditya Birla Group. The new line…

India’s UltraTech breaks ground on Cuttack expansion

Ultra Tech Cement Plant Grinding Unit at Cuttack Odisha

As part of their large cement capacity expansion program, UltraTech Cement celebrated groundbreaking of the second Cuttack grinding unit (photo) in Bhubaneswa, Odisha in India. The Cuttack GU expansion requires an investment of Rs 372 Crore (about US$ 42.2m) and…

India’s Birla plans Rs 4,335 Cr cement expansion

BirlaCorporation Satna plant

Birla Corporation Ltd, the flagship company of India’s M P Birla Group, announced plans to strengthen its core cement business with a proposed capital expenditure of Rs 4,335 crore. The company operates four cement plants in Satna (photo), Chanderia, Durgapur…

India’s Ramco Cements has raised WHR capacity

Ramco RRN front night view

India’s Ramco Cements has commissioned an 8MW waste heat recovery (WHR) system at its Ramasamy Raja Nagar cement plant (photo) in Virudhu Nagar in Tamil Nadu. With this installation the WHR generation of the 3 Mta integrated plant has increased…

India’s Nuvoco Vistas announces expansion plans

Nuvoco Arasmeta plant 1 1

Nuvoco Vistas Corp., India’s fifth largest cement player in terms of capacity, announced expansion plans. The business strategy of the company foresees expansion the cement grinding capacity by 4.0 Mta with an investment of INR 200 crores through a new…

India’s JK Cement significantly expands capacity

JK Cement Jhajjar 1.5 Mta Split grinding

The board of India’s JK Cement has approved a major greenfield capacity expansion. After receiving the environmental clearance for the Jaisalmer integrated plant in Rajasthan, it has been decided to install a 4.0 Mta clinker line and a 3.0 Mta…

Is India’s Deccan Cement Limited for sale?

Deccan Cements kiln 1

A few days ago, the website ’www.moneycontrol.com’ reported that JK Lakshmi Cement and Chettinad Cement were bidding to acquire India’s Deccan Cements Ltd. amid the Andhra infrastructure push. However, Deccan’s company secretary wished to state that the company has promptly…