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Ambuja lays foundation stone at new Bihar grinding facility

06 August 2024, Published under Cement News

Ambuja Cement Ltd , part of Adani Cements , has announced a cement grinding unit in Bihar, investing INR16bn (US$190.8m). Bihar Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar, laid the foundation stone for the facility at Warsaliganj in the Nawada district on 4 August 2024. The unit, Ambuja Cement’s first project in Bihar, will have a full capacity of 6Mta and be completed in three phases on 27,4781.6m 2  (67.9 acres) of allotted land. The first phase, costing INR11bn, targets operation by December 2025, ad...

Wonder Cement commissions Aligarh grinding unit

06 April 2023, Published under Cement News

Wonder Cement Ltd has taken a step towards commitment to provide the best cement with the commissioning of its state-of-the-art grinding unit at Aligarh , Uttar Pradesh, India, with an installed capacity of 2Mta. On the auspicious occasion of Mahavir Janma Kalyanak, PC Jain (Head - Grinding Unit) and Ashish Chandravat (Unit Head - Aligarh Grinding Unit) led their dedicated team in lighting the lamp and commencing operations.    

Shree Cement to open 3Mta Pune grinding plant in September

19 July 2021, Published under Cement News

Shree Cement's 3Mta clinker grinding unit at Patas, Pune district in Maharashstra, India, is now expected to be completed soon with commercial production to commence in September, according to company official. The western Indian expansion, which sits on a 26.6ha plot, had been delayed due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and right-of-way issues. The project, which represents an investment of over INR6bn (US$80.39m), will receive clinker from its group plant in Karnataka. In 2020...

Birla Corp to expand Durgapur grinding unit

10 August 2020, Published under Cement News

India's Birla Corp, owned by MP Birla Group plans to expand the existing capacity of its grinding plant at West Bengal’s Durgapur by installing an INR725.7m (US$9.69m) cement grinding unit. The company said that the demand of premium slag-based cement in the eastern region is expected to be robust and therefore, it would require extra grinding capacity. "The board of directors of the company at their meeting held today approved the proposal to carry out the expansion of existing capacity of...

JSW Cement launches Jajpur grinding plant

04 March 2020, Published under Cement News

JSW Cement has announced that it has recently inaugurated the 1.2Mta Jajpur cement plant in Odisha, India. The launch was graced by the honourable Ratan Jindal, Parth Jindal and Abhyuday Jindal. With this expansion JSW Cement's cement capacity has expanded to 14Mta.

JK Cement announces two grinding projects

22 February 2019, Published under Cement News

India's JK Cement is expected to invest around INR4.5bn (US$63.24m) to set up two cement grinding units. Approximately INR2.5bn will be spent on a 0.7Mta unit in Balasinor, Gujarat, while the remaining amount will be invested in a facility in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh.

Profit of Attock Cement falls in 6MFY19

22 January 2019, Published under Cement News

Attock Cement Pakistan Ltd (ACPL) has announced earnings of PKR816.79m (US$5.8m) for the half year ended December 2018, a fall of 29 per cent YoY, as compared to PKR1.152bn earned in the same period last year. Company net sales increased by to PKR10.63bn from PKR7.36bn during this period. Distribution cost of PKR749.39m were incurred against PKR279.18m in the same period last year. The administrative expenses stood at PKR252.11m compared to PKR241.74m incurred in the same period last y...

Cemengal wins new order from Cementos Argos in Honduras

21 February 2018, Published under Cement News

Cemengal of Spain has won an order for Cementos Argos for two Plug&Grind XL units with a production capacity of 220,000tpa each to be located in Honduras. These modular plants will consist of a 3 x 9.5m ball mill, driven by 1100kW of power, including a latest-generation classifier and a bag filter with a capacity of 50,000m 3 /h. The scope of supply also includes new cement storage silos for finished product, packaging and dispatching equipment.

Shree Cement commissions New Bihar cement plant

20 February 2018, Published under Cement News

Shree Cement has commissioned a 2Mta grinding plant called the 'New Bihar cement plant', which is located at Aurangabad in the state of Bihar, India. The company has recently commissioned its Bangur cement grinding unit. The new plant has capacity of 3.6Mta and is located at Village Rohi Udaipur Udasar, Sriganganagar district, Rajasthan. Currently, Shree Cement's manufacturing operations are located in six north and eastern India states.

Jammu and Kashmir Cement's Samba plant still not fully operational

03 January 2018, Published under Cement News

Jammu and Kashmir Cements Ltd's (JKCL) Samba grinding and packaging unit, which was commissioned in September 2015, is still not fully operational. Output was recorded at just five per cent of its performance guarantee during a recent test, claims the Daily Excelsior. Initial construction of the 300tpd factory, which was overseen by India-based Ashoka Gears on a turnkey basis, was completed two years later the planned opening January 2013, resulting in a corporate loss of INR1600m (US$25....