Madras Cement plans to build a grinding unit in the port city of Visakhapatnam, a port city on the southeast coast of India and the second largest city in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

The company already operates two grinding facilities in Tamil Nadu and one in West Bengal. Output from the new milling unit will sold in coastal Andhra Pradesh (with Visakhapatnam being the main market) as well as in the neigbouring states of Orissa and Chhattisgarh. Completion is scheduled for the end of FY14-15.