GCPL (GoldCrest Cement Private Limited) is in the process of setting up a mega integrated cement manufacturing plant in India. The greenfield project shall have a clinker capacity of 3.5 Mta capacity and a cement capacity of 4.5 Mta. In…
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…
India’s Wonder Cement inaugurated the 5th 8500 tpd kiln line at the Nimbahera cement plant in District Chittorgarh in Rayasthan and increased the clinker capacity of the plant to about 13.6 Mta. With the commissioning of grinding unit 5, the…
UltraTech Cement Limited, India’s largest cement and ready-mix concrete (RMC) company, has crossed a cumulative installed capacity of one gigawatt (1000 MW) of renewable energy. By March 31, 2025, the company achieved a total renewable energy capacity of 1,021 MW,…
India’s UltraTech Cement completed debottlenecking projects at various locations, leading to an increased production capacity of 1.4 Mta. The projects included the grinding units (GU) Nagpur (photo) in Maharashtra adding 0.6 Mta cement capacity, Panipat in Haryana adding 0.4 Mta…
India’s Shree Cement has commissioned a new 3.4 Mta clinker grinding unit by way of brownfield expansion at its Baloda Bazar integrated cement plant (photo) close to Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The company has two more ongoing expansion projects in Jaitaran, Rajasthan…
Shree Cement started the 3.0 Mta capacity Etah cement grinding unit at Nigh Hasanpur, Uttar Pradesh in India (we reported here 23.2.2024). The new plant will mainly produce Portland Pozzolanic Cement (PPC), supplied with fly ash from the adjacent 2×660…
Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd. (DCBL) commenced 2.9 Mta cement capacity from two cement grinding unit projects in India. Of this, 2.4 Mta is operational since March 15 this year from the Lanka unit (photo) in Assam in the North-East, while…
India’s UltraTech Cement has commissioned an additional production capacity of 1.2 Mta through efficiency enhancement and debottlenecking initiatives. The projects include an integrated unit in Hirmi (photo), Chhattisgarh, which contributes 0.8 Mta, and a grinding unit in Roorkee, Uttarakhand, adding…
India’s Ambuja Cement to invest Rs 2,500 crore in two cement and eight clinker carriers. Today’s costs for a 38,500 t capacity Handymax cement carrier are about RS 400 crore, while a 9,200 t capacity ‘Sanghimax’ clinker carrier will cost…