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UltraTech Cement Ltd completes 100MW solar energy project

UltraTech Cement Ltd has completed a 100MW solar energy project under the Group Captive scheme in the state of Rajasthan. This is the company’s first project for sourcing power for its captive c...
News - 05 April 2024

Exports driving Pakistan cement sales

Total cement dispatches in Pakistan rose 3.9 per cent YoY to 3.941Mt in March 2024 from 3.795Mt a year earlier, according to the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association. Local dispatches dip...
News - 04 April 2024

UltraTech announces two new greenfield plants

UltraTech Cement is investing INR324,000m (US$3.89bn) in capex over the next three years, including two new greenfield plants, which will add an additional 5.4Mta in cement production capacity. ...
News - 03 April 2024

Shree Cement inaugurates new 3Mta plant

Shree Cement has inaugurated its new 3Mta cement plant in Guntur, India. Commissioned six months ahead of schedule, the new facility marks an investment of over INR25,000m (US$300m), reports The...
News - 02 April 2024

Pakistan hopes to resume cement and other trade with India

Two federal ministers of Pakistan, Foreign Minister, Ishaq Dar, and Minister for Maritime Affairs, Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh, have shown intention to resume trade with India, which has been halted since...
News - 01 April 2024

UltraTech Cement raises capacity with debottlenecking programme

During the course of its capacity expansion programme, the UltraTech Cement  ( Aditya Birla Group ) had identified opportunities for debottlenecking and efficiency improvements across various loc...
News - 29 March 2024

Gautam Adani injects US$799m into Ambuja

Gautam Adani and his family have invested a further US$799m in Ambuja Cements Ltd , raising their stake in the cement producer to 66.7 per cent. According to Bloomberg News, the move is indicativ...
News - 28 March 2024

UltraTech to buy stake in clean energy plant

Indian cement producer UltraTech , part of the Aditya Birla Group , will by a 26 per cent stake in O2 Renewable Energy XXII for approximately INR160m to meet the energy requirements of its cemen...
News - 28 March 2024

TARA and Promac boost LC3 commercial programme with MoU

Technology and Action for Rural Development (TARA) organised an LC 3 Celebration Day at its Head Office in New Delhi, India, on 19 March 2024. The event, supported by the Swiss Agency for Develop...
News - 26 March 2024

UltraTech Commissions Roorkee brownfield project

UltraTech Cement has commissioned 1Mta of brownfield cement capacity at Roorkee , Uttarakhand taking the Unit’s capacity to 2.1Mta. This forms part of the 22.6Mta capacity expansion announced ...
News - 25 March 2024