The ongoing wrangling over cement prices following the Budget proposals to contain them has had little effect on the North-East based cement company Barak Valley Cements Ltd (BVCL), which is all set to expand. “The company is seeking to raise its current cement production from a little over 450tpd to 650tpd, while going for bio-mass based multi-fuel power project close to its cement plant site at Bandarpurghat close to Silchar,” BVCL managing director, Mr Kamakhya Chamaria, told The Statesman.