IKN India announced that they successfully commissioned the 14th cooler installation at UltraTech Cement. The IKN Pendulum clinker cooler (photo: cooler section) has been supplied to the Kukurdih greenfield cement plant in Sarkpar, Chhattisgarh, which has a capacity of 3.5…
India. The Adani family infuses about U$ 998m to increase the stake in Ambuja Cements from 66.7% to 70.3%. This latest funds infusion will be instrumental for Ambuja (photo: Marwar Cement Works in Rajasthan) and its subsidiaries ACC Ltd. and…
Attock Cement Pakistan Limited (ACPL) successfully completed a new cement production line at its plant in Hub, Balochistan. The new line from Sinoma has a capacity of 1.3 Mta and brings ACPL’s clinker capacity to 4.08 Mta and the cement…
In FY 2023/24 the cement production in India increased by +9.1% to an impressive 415.5 Mta, after 380.7 Mta in FY 2022 The cement capacity capacity utilization rate increased to 76.2%, although in the FY 23/24 an additional 42.5 Mta…
India’s UltraTech Cement ordered several vertical roller mills (VRM) from Gebr. Pfeiffer. The VRMs are for three new clinker production lines in different location in India and were awarded as a follow-up order to Gebr. Pfeiffer SE, Germany, and its…
Ambuja Cements signed an agreement to acquire the Tuticorin grinding unit from My Home Industries (MHIPL) in the southern part of Tamil Nadu, India. The grinding unit has a capacity of 1.5 Mta and was installed with a FLSmidth vertical…
India’s JK Cement has a current grey cement capacity of 22.2 Mta, after completing the Ujjain grinding unit end of last year in Madhya Pradesh. The Prayagraj grinding unit with 2.0 Mta capacity is on track to be commissioned Aug.-Sept.…
The Ramco Cements Ltd. commissioned grinding Line II in Hariaspur, Jaipur District in Odisha, India. The capacity of the plant (photo: Line I) has been doubled to 1.8 Mta (we reported 16. Oct. 2023). Now the plant is equipped with…
In the first 3 months of 2024 Pakistan exported 1.448 Mt of cement, which is an increased by +11.3%, after 1.301 Mt the same period in 2023. A huge increase by +38.1% YoY has been recorded in March, while in…
From January to March 2024, Pakistan’s cement manufacturers dispatched 9.562 Mt of cement, which is a decline by -12.9% compared to 10.980 Mt same period in 2023. Lowest decline has been in March with -0.2% YoY, largest was in February…