Cement News tagged under: JSW Cement
JSW sets its sights on southern expansion05 January 2015, Published under Cement NewsJSW Cement has set its sights on expanding production capacity with several grinding projects under study in the south of India. The company is plans to set up plants in Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Kochi (Kerala) and Dolvi (Maharashtra) in a step by step approach starting this year. Anil Kumar Pillai, CEO of JSW Cement told The Hindu that the company is currently ‘scouting for land’, adding that orders for plant and machinery are expected to be placed by March. The cement grinding unit in D... |
JSW Group seeks to set up new Karnataka unit15 October 2014, Published under Cement NewsJSW Group, is planning to set up a 3Mta clinker plant at Chittapur in Gulbarga district, in Karnataka state. The company is in the process of seeking statutory approvals to undertake exploratory drilling at a limestone deposit in Gulbarga. "Gulbarga project is still in preliminary stages and we have approached the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) for permissions. It will take at least two to three years to materialise," Pankaj Kulkarni, director of JSW Cement Ltd told Business St... |
JSW Cement to solely make Portland Slag cement29 September 2014, Published under Cement NewsJSW Cement Ltd intends to manufacture only Portland slag cement (PSC) in India. The company has a cement production capacity of 6Mta. JSW has fixed the price of PSC between INR275 (US$4.47) and INR325 (US$5.28) a bag. The company expects the demand for cement to grow due to the focus on infrastructure projects. |
JSW to make switch to Portland Slag Cement, India26 September 2014, Published under Cement NewsJSW Cement Ltd will be completely switching over to the production of Portland Slag Cement (PSC), its CEO, Anil Kumar Pillai, has revealed. Speaking to local reporters, Pillai said slag cement was “ideally” suited to both infrastructure and housing constructions “We have 6Mta of cement production capacity and will be producing only this variety of cement,” he added. The price for the product has been fixed in the range of INR275-325/bag of PSC. The company is expecting an increase in deman... |
JSW seeks to expand southern Indian presence23 September 2014, Published under Cement NewsJSW Cement, a subsidiary of the JSW Group, is mulling the construction of a 4.3Mta cement plant in the Gulbarga district of Karnataka, reports Business Line (India). The project is being considered with a view to serving other southern markets such as Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, according to SS Sandhu, JSW Cement vice president. Well connected markets like Gujarat and Maharashtra have also fuelled the decision to launch another plant, Sandhu added. The company has a current cement capac... |
India: new Karnataka plant for JSW Cement22 September 2014, Published under Cement NewsJSW Cement Ltd is considering setting up a 4.3Mta cement plant in Gulbarga, Karnataka. The company's ownership of land in the limestone-rich region is quoted as one of the key advantages in building a new plant in Karnataka, according to SS Sandhu, associate vice-president of JSW Cement. A further advantage relates to Gulbarga's ideal location to supply the Maharashtra and Gujarat cement markets. Moreover, since its sister company JSW Steel produces slag, JSW Cement could manufacture slag ... |
JSW Cement to double capacity, India07 November 2012, Published under Cement NewsJSW Cement is all set to double its production capacity by March 2013, with the commissioning of two more mills that have already been installed, according to Director and Chief Executive Officer RC Sodhani. He said the production capacity would go up to 4.8Mta at the Nandyal plant in Andhra Pradesh and with the Bellary unit, the company would have a total capacity of 5.3Mta. The company is also in the process of setting up a slag cement plant in Bellary with an investment of INR350 cr... |
JSW Cement sets up new slag cement plant, India30 July 2012, Published under Cement NewsJSW Cement has established a 5Mta slag cement plant at Nandyal in Kurnool district, the slag for which is supplied by the company's steel plant in Karnataka. RC Sodani, CEO and director of JSW Cement told Business Line India that at the product is being sold at a slightly lower price than OPC, stating: "Our cement unit is in production or the past six months and the market response has been very encouraging so far." Currently the company sells slag cement in the southern states and parts ... |