Jaiprakash Associates, Jaypee Group’s cement flagship firm, once, India’s 3rd largest cement producer with a capacity of 33.8 Mta is now in official insolvency. The decision came by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on June 3 after ICICI Bank filed…
India’s UltraTech, led by Kumar Mangalam Birla, is in advanced talks to acquire Orient Cement Ltd (OCL) from CK Birla. OCL began cement production in the year 1982 at Devapur in Telangana. In 1997, a split-grinding unit was added at…
Dalmia Cement has expanded the capacity of its integrated cement plant in Kadapa (photo), Andhra Pradesh, in India by 1.0 Mta grinding capacity. Now, the company operates a cement manufacturing capacity of 46.6 Mta across 15 plants and grinding units…
Chettinad Cement announced the light-up of kiln line 2 at their Kallur cement plant in Chincholi Taluk, Gulbarga district of India. The new 7500 tpd kiln line (photo) has been commissioned and installed by KHD Humbold Wedag. Together with line…
In the first half of calendar year 2024, Pakistan’s cement exports increased by +22.0% to 3.453 Mt, after 2.830 Mt same period last year and 1.864 Mt the year before.
In the first half of calendar year 2024, Pakistan’s cement consumption declined by – 8.3% to 18.326 Mt, after 19.984 Mt same period last year and 23.571 Mt the year before.
Alfalah ul Alami (AUA) is constructing a cement plant in the Jabal Al-Sarraj district of the Parwan province in Afghanistan. AUA is a mining and construction materials production company, that just became an associate corporate member of the World Cement…
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…
In the first 10 months of FY23-24, Bangladesh’s exports revenues accumulated to 14.88 US$m. This is 35% higher, than what has been achieved in the complete FY-22-23.
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…