Star Cement began operations of the Cachar 2.0 Mta grinding unit near to Silchar City in Assam in North-East India. Accordingly, Star Cement increased their cement capacity from 7.7 to 9.7 Mta (photo: 2.0 Mta Mohitnagar grinding unit). The new…
Maple Leaf Cement is now Pakistan’s 3rd largest cement producer, after the acquisition of the major shares of Pioneer Cement. Maple Leaf is a subsidiary of Kohinoor Textile Mills Limited (KTML). Pioneer operates a 5.2 Mta cement plant (photo) at…
Fauji Cement Company Limited and Kot Addu Power Company Limited (KAPCO) have jointly launched a public offer to acquire shares and control of Pakistan’s Attock Cement Ltd. Attock has about 5% market share in the country with 4.3 Mta capacity…
UltraTech announced the commissioning of a second grinding unit (GU) at its Aligarh plant (photo) in Uttar Predesh in India. With the addition of 2.7 Mta capacity the grinding capacity of the plant now stands at 4.0 Mta, increasing the…
In the first month in 2026, Pakistan’s cement dispatch (local and exports) increased by +4.4% to 3.601 Mt, after 3.450 Mt in the same period last year and 2.967 Mt in the year before.
In the first month in 2026, Pakistan’s cement exports increased by +61.0% to 0.937 Mt, after 0.582 Mt in the same period last year and 0.398 Mt in the year before.
In the first month in 2026, Pakistan’s cement dispatch (local and exports) increased by +12.5% to 4.538 Mt, after 4.032 Mt in the same period last year and 3.414 Mt in the year before.
India’s JK Cement commissioned this week the 3.0 Mta split grinding plant at Bihar (photo: Split grinding unit at Jhajjar). This expansion is in line with the recent grey cement capacity expansions at Panna, Prajagray and Hamirpur with 1.0 Mta…
In the first 9 months in FY 2025-26 the cement production in India increased by +8.8% to 381.0 Mt, after 350.2 Mt in the same period last year and 333.8 Mt in the year before.
UltraTech Cement has placed an order for seven vertical roller mills (VRM) from Gebr. Pfeiffer as part of its ongoing capacity expansion programme across its cement plants in India. The VRMs (Photo: Gebr. Pfeiffer coal mill at UltraTech’s Maihar plant)…