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…
In the first 9 months in 2025, Pakistan’s cement exports increased by +24.8% to 6.928 Mt, after 5.551 Mt in the same period last year and 4.580 Mt in the year before.
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…
In the first 9 months in 2025, Pakistan’s cement dispatch (local and exports) increased by +8.8% to 34.602 Mt, after 31.872 Mt in the same period last year and 34.382 Mt in the year before.
Lucky Cement is reducing CO2 emissions with advanced sustainability measures. Globally the company is operating more the 21 Mta of cement capacity, in Pakistan about 17 Mta at the two cement plants in Pezu and Karachi. The Pezu plant generates…
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…
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…
In FY’2025 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025), Bangladesh’s export revenues declined by -32.6% to 11.54 US$m, after 17.13 US$m in the last financial year and 12.71 US$m in the year before. The main exports were going to India…
In the first 8 months in 2025, Pakistan’s cement consumption increased by +3.9% to 24.199 Mt, after 23.299 Mt in the same period last year and 26.564 Mt in the year before.
In the first 8 months in 2025, Pakistan’s cement exports increased by +33.4% to 6.096 Mt, after 4.569 Mt in the same period last year and 4.009 Mt in the year before.