India’s UltraTech Cement has successfully commenced operations of an IKN pendulum clinker cooler at the Maihar plant (photo). In the 24-hour trial run a smooth and timely start-up procedure has been achieved. The installation underscores the growing trust in IKN’s…
India’s leading cement producer UltraTech has received a notice from the Competition Commission of India (CCI) over its proposed buyout of The India Cements Ltd. UltraTech, who is already a 22.77% shareholder of India Cements, had announced earlier this year…
India’s largest cement producer UltraTech completed the acquisition of an additional 25% stake in RAK White Cement. The deal (we reported here May 29, 2024) is equivalent to 125 million shares, according to a bourse disclosure dated 11.07.2024. The additional…
UltraTech Cement commissioned a 1.8 Mta expansion of the APCW integrated cement plant in Tadiparti, Anantapur district in India’s Andhra Pradesh. The plant has been acquired in 2004 from L&T and comprised two kiln lines for 6.5 Mta clinker and…
The Board of Directors of India’s UltraTech approved the acquisition of the Parli grinding unit in Maharashtra, from India Cements for Rs 315 crore. The unit has a capacity of 1.1 Mta along with a captive railway siding. Ultratech has…
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’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…
India’s UltraTech Cement commissioning two new greenfield cement plants, comprising 5.4 Mta, which expands their total cement capacity to 151.6 Mta. The two new plants are the 2.7 Mta Kukurdih integrated plant (Photo credit HAPBCO, plant under construction,) in Chhattisgarh…
UltaTech Cement increased its grey cement capacity in India by debottlenecking by 2.4 Mta to 140.8 Mta. Alongside with its overseas capacity of 5.4 Mta, the total cement capacity currently stands at 146.2 Mta. The debottlenecking projects were in the…
UltraTech Cement commissioned the 1.0 Mta expansion of the Roorkee grinding plant, 190 km north of New Delhi in Uttarakhand, India. Roorkee is a grinding unit that has been established in 2010 with a capacity of 2.0 Mta. The clinker…