Cement News tagged under: UltraTech Cement
UltraTech Cement wins 12th Frost & Sullivan and TERI Sustainability 4.0 Award 202114 January 2022, Published under Cement NewsUltraTech Cement has been recognised with the Leaders Award in the Mega Large Business, Process Sector category, at the 12th Frost & Sullivan and TERI Sustainability 4.0 Awards 2021. The Sustainability 4.0 Awards recognise efforts of companies that incorporate sustainability principles into their business culture. UltraTech received the Leaders Award for its holistic approach to sustainability and its best-in-class sustainability practices, including i ts circular economy activitie... |
UltraTech Cement commissions Bara grinding unit Line II13 January 2022, Published under Cement NewsUltraTech Cement (Aditya Birla Group) has commissioned Line II of its Bara grinding unit in Uttar Pradesh, India, having cement capacity of 2Mta. Line I was earlier commissioned in January 2020 and is already operating at a capacity utilisation in excess of 80 per cent, says the company. This additional capacity will help the UltraTech Cement to service the fast-growing cement demand in the central region in the country. Together with this expansion, during the FY21-22 the c... |
UltraTech Cement begins operations at Navi Mumbai terminal20 December 2021, Published under Cement NewsIndia’s UltraTech Cement has begun operations at its bulk terminal in Kalamboli, Navi Mumbai. As the company’s 7th bulk terminal, it has a 1.2Mta capacity and is expected to strengthen its bulk cement sales in the region. Cement will be brought in bulk rakes to this terminal from UltraTech’s manufacturing units at Solapur, Maharashtra, and Malkhed, Karnataka. This will effectively help in reducing the freight cost, with an increase in the usage of rail transportation. |
UltraTech Cement celebrates 15 five-star mine ratings03 December 2021, Published under Cement NewsUltraTech Cement has received a five-star rating in the field of sustainable mine management for 15 of its limestone mines , awarded by the Ministry of Mines and Indian Bureau of Mines. This was awarded for the last three years (2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20), with a total of 30 such five-star rating awards. This is the highest number of five-star ratings awarded to any company in India for all the major minerals such as bauxite, copper, iron ore, manganese, lead, zinc and limesto... |
MaxTech Industries wins orders for Indian cement plants30 November 2021, Published under Cement NewsMaxTech Industries has won orders to supply filters for baghouse projects from UltraTech Cement and ACC Ltd in India. UltraTech Cement is building three new brownfield cement plants in Hirmi, Pali, and Dhar, India. MaxTech Industries will be supplying more than 15,000 Donaldson USA fibreglass filter bags for the raw mill baghouse to the OEM, Intensiv-Filter Himenviro. MaxTech Industries will also supply Thermax Ltd with more than 21,000 Homopolymer acrylic filter bags manufactured b... |
UltraTech Cement Ltd wins global marketing award16 November 2021, Published under Cement NewsUltraTech Cement Ltd has been recognised with a Silver award at the Mobile Marketing Association’s (MMA) Smarties X awards 2021. MMA Smarties X is the first global marketing award recognising Innovation in mobile marketing. UltraTech won the award in the ‘Cross Mobile Integration’ category, which primarily recognises campaigns that integrate a minimum of three mobile applications or mediums (such as apps, mobile web, video, display, search etc). UltraTech’s winning entry, ‘How UltraTec... |
UltraTech Cement commits to GCCA 2050 Roadmap10 November 2021, Published under Cement NewsUltraTech Cement Ltd, has announced its commitment to the GCCA 2050 Cement and Concrete Industry Roadmap for Net Zero Concrete. UltraTech has made this commitment as a founding member of the GCCA and is among 40 of the world’s leading cement and concrete manufacturers to affirm their commitment to net zero concrete by 2050 and agree to an ambitious intermediate goal of preventing 5bnt of CO 2 emissions by 2030. “We at UltraTech are fully committed to work together with our part... |
UltraTech Cement records net sales of INR117,430m 2QFY2219 October 2021, Published under Cement NewsUltraTech Cement Ltd, an Aditya Birla group company, announced its financial results for the quarter ended 30 September 2021. Consolidated net sales was INR117,430m (US$1558m) compared to INR102,640m over the corresponding period of the previous year. Profit before interest, depreciation and tax was INR28,550m compared to INR28,330m a year ago. Profit before tax was INR19,470m and profit after tax was INR13,140m compared to INR17,330m and INR13,090m, respectively. Coal and petcoke... |
UltraTech and PRESPL sign MoU for agri waste fuel14 October 2021, Published under Cement NewsUltraTech Cement has announced signing a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Punjab Renewable Energy Systems Pvt Ltd (PRESPL). The MoU is part of UltraTech’s endeavour to decarbonise its operations and aims to significantly scale up the use of biomass to replace fossil fuels such as coal in UltraTech’s manufacturing operations. Under the agreement, PRESPL will leverage its technological expertise to replace coal-based systems with biomass-based processes.... |
UltraTech Cement commissions 1.2Mta of new capacity13 October 2021, Published under Cement NewsIndia’s UltraTech Cement has commissioned 1.2Mta of new cement capacity, which is the first phase of the 19.5Mta capacity expansion project announced in December 2020. Additional cement capacity of 0.6Mta was commissioned at its Patliputra cement works in Bihar, which takes the unit’s capacity to 2.5Mta. The remaining 0.6Mta was put into operation at its Dankuni facility in West Bengal, taking its capacity to 2.2Mta. The company’s total cement manufacturing capacity in India now stands at ... |