UltraTech Cement commissioned a 1.8 Mta expansion of the APCW integrated cement plant in Tadiparti, Anantapur district in India’s Andhra Pradesh. The plant has been acquired in 2004 from L&T and comprised two kiln lines for 6.5 Mta clinker and…
India’s Shree Cement will generate more than 1000 MW of electricity from solar (photo: 10 MW Jharkand Solar power plant), wind, thermal and waste heat recovery (WHR) capacity. The renewable energy portfolio of India’s third largest cement manufacturer is already…
JK Cement announced the commissioning of a new grinding unit (GU) at its Prayagraj plant in Uttar Pradesh in India. The plant construction was achieved in a record time of under ten months. The new GU has a capacity of…
The Lodha Group, India’s No. 1 Real Estate developer, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and RMI India signed a MoU to initiate the first commercial scale use of LC3 in India. LC3 (Limestone Calcined Clay Cements) shall be produced…
The green power mix of India’s JK Cement increased from 19% in FY20 to 51% in FY24, moving to green clean energy. Now, the green power capacity stands at 182.9 MW, of which 100.6 MW is from captive solar and…
India’s Adani Group achieved a 45% EBITDA growth in FY 24, leading to INR 82,917 crore (about US$ 10 bn). 53.6% has been achieved in the utility sector, 20.75% in the transport sector, 9.15% in cement and 16.5% in other…
India’s Adani Group will acquire Penna Cement for Rs 10,422 crore. The deal includes the purchase of 100% shares of Penna Cement Industries Ltd (PCIL) from its current owners, P Pratap Reddy and family. PCIL has an operational cement production…
India’s Sagar Cement will upgrade three cement plants to increase its cement capacity from 10.5 Mt to 12.0 Mt mainly with upgrades and through debottlenecking. The Dachepalli plant which is part of subsidiary Andrah Cement (photo) will be expanded from…
India’s Dalmia Bharat (DBL) has installed a new cement mill at its existing cement manufacturing unit in Ariyalurin in Tamil Nadu. This new unit adds 1.0 Mta cement capacity to the company’s overall installed capacity, bringing it to a total…
JSW Cement intends to establish a new greenfield cement complex in Naguar in the North of India. The integrated plant shall have an initial capacity of 3.3 Mta. The exact timeline has not been given. JSW has a capacity of…