Cement News tagged under: UltraTech
UltraTech Cement scales up EV transport operations19 November 2024, Published under Cement NewsUltraTech Cement Ltd, India's largest cement and ready-mix concrete company, has announced that it is scaling up the use of Electric Vehicles (EV trucks) for movement of material and products in its logistics operations. The company has signed a new transport service contract for deployment of about 100 electric vehicles (EV Trucks) for the transportation of 75,000t of clinker per month from its integrated cement manufacturing unit Dhar Cement Works , located in Madhya Pradesh, to its gri... |
Ras Al Khaimah White Cement becomes a subsidiary of UltraTech Cement Middle East11 July 2024, Published under Cement NewsFollowing UltraTech Cement Middle East Investments Ltd' s (UCMEIL) partial cash offer for acquiring shares (25 per cent) of Ras Al Khaimah Co for White Cement (RAKW) and Construction Materials PSC in May 2024, a shareholders' meeting was held on 9 July and the final allotment of shares in the name of UCMEIL was announced on 10 July. Together with the existing shareholding in RAKW ( UltraTech Group ), UCMEIL's aggregate shareholding in RAKW was increased to 54.39 per cent. Therefore, RA... |
UltraTech commissions Tadipatri production line01 July 2024, Published under Cement NewsUltraTech is commissioning an additional 3.35Mta clinker along with 1.8Mta grinding capacity at its existing unit situated at Tadipatri, Andhra Pradesh, India. The capacity addition forms part of the 22.6Mta capacity expansion announced in June 2022. Furthermore, with debottlenecking, the company has increased the capacity of its grinding unit at Jharsuguda , Odisha, by 0.4Mta taking it to 4.5Mta. As a result, UltraTech’s total cement capacity has reached 154.86Mta. |
UltraTech conserves record water amount in FY23-2410 June 2024, Published under Cement NewsUltraTech Cement Ltd, India’s largest cement and ready-mix concrete company, conserved 105Mm 3 of water in FY23-24, making it five times water positive in line with its stated ambition. UltraTech’s water management efforts encompass areas within the unit premises as well as beyond the fence, ie within the communities the company operates in. The 105Mm 3 of water conserved includes the water it has reused, recycled, harvested and recharged both within its unit premises and through communit... |
UltraTech Cement announces plans to acquire 31.6% stake in RAK Cement28 May 2024, Published under Cement NewsUltraTech Cement , a subsidiary of the Aditya Birla Group, has announced that it intends to acquire a significant 31.6 per cent stake in UAE-based RAK Cement Co for White Cement and Construction Materials PSC (RAKWCT). A partial acquisition cash offer was made by the company on 27 May for over 158,049,610 shares of RAKWCT's issues and fully-paid capital. The acquisition will be executed by UltraTech Cement Middle East Investments Ltd (UCMEIL), the UAE-based subsidiary of the Indian ce... |
UltraTech Cement commissions Rajpura plant31 January 2024, Published under Cement NewsUltraTech Cement ( Aditya Birla Group ) has announced the commissioning of a 2.6Mta greenfield grinding plant at Rajpura , Punjab, India. This project forms part of the 22.6Mta capacity expansion announced in June 2022. The additional capacity will help UltraTech service the markets in Punjab. With the plant’s commissioning, the company’s total grey cement manufacturing capacity in India now stands at 135.59Mta. |
UltraTech Cement records consolidated net sales of INR164bn22 January 2024, Published under Cement NewsUltraTech Cement Ltd ( Aditya Birla Group ) has released its financial results for the quarter ended 31 December 2023, reporting consolidated net sales of INR164,870m (US$1.983bn) compared with INR152,990m of the corresponding period of the previous year. Profit after tax was INR17770m, the highest-ever quarterly figure as compared to INR10580m in 3QFY22-23. The domestic grey cement sales volume rose five per cent YoY and one per cent QoQ, respectively. Improved operational efficiencies, ... |
UltraTech reports 16% YoY sales volume growth in 1QFY2402 October 2023, Published under Cement NewsUltraTech has announced Indian grey cement sales of 25.24Mt for the quarter ended 30 September 2023 (2QFY24). White cement sales over the same period came in at 0.42Mt giving a total sales volume for India of 25.66Mt for the quarter. Grey cement sales overseas stood at 1.18Mt for the three-month period, taking total consolidated sales for UltraTech to 26.69 in the 2QFY24. This marks a 16 per cent increase on the 23.10Mt reported in the same quarter a year earlier, but is down 11 per cen... |
UltraTech commissions 1.2Mta Magdella expansion02 August 2023, Published under Cement NewsUltraTech Cement has commissioned its 1.2Mta brownfield capacity expansion at Magdella , Gujarat. The project takes the plant’s total cement capacity to 1.93Mta. According to the company, UltraTech's total grey cement production capacity in India now stands at 132.45Mta. |
UltraTech sales advance 20% in 1QFY23-2403 July 2023, Published under Cement NewsUltraTech has announced 20 per cent YoY growth in sales volumes in India in the opening quarter of FY23-24 (March-June 2023). Volumes over the three-month period came in at 29.01Mt, compared to 24.2Mt in the same period a year earlier and 30.49Mt in the last quarter of FY22-23. In 1QFY23-24 grey cement volumes advanced by 20 per cent YoY to 28.6Mt, while white cement volumes improved by 12 per cent to 0.41Mt. QoQ growth in the 1QFY23-24 was down five per cent for grey cement and declin... |