UltraTech commissions 1.5Mta Odisha unit

UltraTech Cement (part of the Aditya Birla Group) has commissioned a 1.5Mta brownfield cement grinding unit in Jharsuguda, Odisha, expanding the existing works, according to The Hindu. This latest addition will take the company’s total cement capacity in Odisha to 4.1Mta and puts its total cement production capacity for India as a whole at122.85Mta. By FY22-23 UltraTech's capacity is forecast to reach 159.25Mta once all current expansion programmes are completed.