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JSW seeks to expand southern Indian presence

23 September 2014, Published under Cement News

JSW 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 Cement

22 September 2014, Published under Cement News

JSW 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, India

07 November 2012, Published under Cement News

JSW 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, India

30 July 2012, Published under Cement News

JSW 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 ...