Tag South Asia

Heidelberg Materials plans major expansions in India

HCIL plant

Heidelberg Materials, which has a 69.39% ownership in HeidelbergCement India Ltd. (HCIL), will significantly expand its capacity of 12.3 Mta in the country with two projects (photo existing HCIL cement plant). The construction of the new integrated 3.0 Mta capacity…

Fauji and KAPCO acquired Attock Cement in Pakistan

Attock Cement Plant

Fauji Cement and Kot Addu Power Company (KAPCO) have taken control of Attock Cement, which is Pakistan’s 9th largest cement producer with a capacity of 4.3 Mta from 1 production plant (photo). The two companies acquired a combined 92.03% stake…

Pakistan clears US$700m investment into cement

Lucky Solar units Pezu 1

The Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) of Pakistan removed regulatory bottlenecks for planned investments of US$700m for seven new cement plants. Details have not been published yet, however the major local cement producers such as Lucky Cement (photo, green energy…