Pakistan’s cement consumption up +3.9% in 10M 2025
In the first 10 months in 2025, Pakistan’s cement consumption increased by +6.2% to 31.543 Mt, after 29.696 Mt in the same period last year and 33.089 Mt in the year before.
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India’s Sagar Cement upgraded its Dachepalli plant
Sagar Cement (SCL) upgraded one of the 2 integrated production lines at the Dachepalli cement plant in Andhra Pradesh in India, with a new 6-stage ILC preheater installation, to replace the existing 4 & 5 stage SLC preheaters of the…
India’s UltraTech ordered two FLSmidth Cross-Bar coolers
FLSmidth Cement announced a new contract with UltraTech Cement for two new Cross-Bar® clinker coolers with integrated ECS/ControlCenter™ process control solution, to upgrade pyro lines at the two integrated cement plants in Dalavoi and Sankar Nagar, Tamil Nadu in India.…
India’s Dalmia Bharat progresses with capacity expansion
India’s Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd (DCBL) commenced trial production at its 9500 tpd (3.6 Mta) clinker line in Umrangso, Assam, which shall be operational by 3Q FY2026, supplied by KHD Humboldt Wedag (Photo: plant during construction). DCBL projects a cement…
India’s JK Lakshmi expanded capacity to 17.9 Mta
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…
Pakistan’s cement exports up +24.8% in 09M 2025
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 inaugurated Nathdwara Line III
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…
Pakistan’s cement dispatch up +8.8% in 09M 2025
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.
Pakistan’s Lucky Cement leads in green energy
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…
India’s UltraTech breaks ground on Cuttack expansion
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…