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UltraTech Cement Co commissions new capacity in Hirmi and Cuttack

17 February 2023, Published under Cement News

UltraTech Cement Co has commissioned 1.30Mta of brownfield cement capacity at Hirmi, Chhattisgarh and 2.80Mta of greenfield grinding capacity at Cuttack, Odisha.   This forms part of the on-going capacity expansion. With this commissioning the company’s total cement manufacturing capacity in India now stands at 126.95Mta.  

LafargeHolcim Bangladesh appoints new CEO

16 February 2023, Published under Cement News

The Board of LafargeHolcim Bangladesh Ltd (LHBL) has announced the appointment of Mohammad Iqbal Chowdhury as the new CEO for the company. Iqbal Chowdhury will succeed Rajesh Surana who has been promoted to area manager of east and south africa region for Holcim Group . Iqbal Chowdhury is the first Bangladeshi CEO of LHBL. He is a widely experienced professional with a strong commercial and financial track record spanning over a 22-years career in reputed multinational companies in ...

Burnpur Cement losses continue

10 February 2023, Published under Cement News

India-based Burnpur Cement Ltd has reported total income of INR349.3m (US$4.24m) in the quarter ended 31 December 2022. This compares to INR330.2m in the previous quarter and INR357.2m in the same quarter a year earlier. Over the December 2022 quarter a loss of INR207.6m was seen, compared to a loss of INR202.5m in the previous quarter, and a loss of INR53.8m in the December 2021 quarter. Cement sales over the quarter ended 31 December 2022 came in at 84.7Mt In the nine months ended ...

Shree Cement YoY profit hit by fuel expenses

10 February 2023, Published under Cement News

Shree Cement Ltd has reported total income of INR42,300.2m (US$513m) in the quarter ended 31 December 2022. This compares to INR39,374.9m in the previous quarter and INR36,618.9m in the same quarter a year earlier. Profit over the December 2022 quarter came in at INR2767.7m, up from INR1896m in the previous quarter but down from the INR4919.9m reported in the December 2021 quarter. Power and fuel expenses advanced from INR8078.m in the quarter ended 31 December 2021 to INR13,027.4m in ...

JK Lakshmi Cement signs solar power agreement

08 February 2023, Published under Cement News

JK Lakshmi Cement on has signed an agreement with Amplus Solar to set up a 56MWp solar power plant for its Durg facility , located in Chhattisgarh. This will form part of the company's ‘Green Pahal, Behtar Kal’ campaign that creates awareness about improving energy efficiency and saving the environment .  With this initiative, JK Lakshmi Cement will be able to replace 92m units with green electricity in the first year that will help reduce its CO 2 emissions by 73,000t, equivalent to ...

UltraTech commissions 1.5Mta Odisha unit

07 February 2023, Published under Cement News

UltraTech Cement  (part of the Aditya Birla Group ) has commissioned a 1.5Mta brownfield cement grinding unit in Jharsuguda , Odisha, expanding the existing works, according to The Hindu. This latest addition will take the company’s total cement capacity in Odisha to 4.1Mta and puts its total cement production capacity for India as a whole at122.85Mta. By FY22-23 UltraTech's capacity is forecast to reach 159.25Mta once all current expansion programmes are completed. 

Domestic dispatches rise and exports fall in January

06 February 2023, Published under Cement News

Pakistan's total cement industry dispatches increased by 1.2 per cent in January 2023 to 4.01Mt from 3.96Mt dispatched during the same month of last fiscal year. Local cement dispatches advanced by 5.2 per cent YoY to 3.587Mt in January 2023 from 3.409Mt in January 2022. However, exports dispatches declined by 24.1 per cent as volumes fell from 551,006t in January 2022 to 418,067t in January 2023, says the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA). Moving forward, the manage...

JK Cement reports revenue rise

06 February 2023, Published under Cement News

JK Cement Ltd reported total revenue of INR23,097.8m (US$279.5m) in the quarter ended 31 December 2022. This compares to INR21,646m in the previous quarter and INR19,667.8m in the same period a year earlier. Profit after tax in the December 2022 quarter came in at INR965.7m, down from INR1248.4m in the previous quarter and a significant fall from the INR1673.4m recorded in the December 2021 quarter. Among the costs that have risen during 2022 are power and fuel, which advanced from INR4...

ACC Ltd posts 14% rise in revenue

02 February 2023, Published under Cement News

ACC Ltd has reported a 14 per cent increase in revenue to INR45,370m (US$554.7m) in the quarter ended 31 December 2022, up from INR42,260m in the same period a year earlier. EBITDA over the same timeframe fell from INR6100m to INR4190m, while the EBITDA margin declined from 14.7 to 9.4 per cent. Sales volumes over the three-month period stood at 7.7Mt of cement and clinker, on a par with the same quarter in 2021, while sales volumes of ready-mixed concrete advanced marginally from 0.73M...

Udaipur Cement Works reports revenue growth

01 February 2023, Published under Cement News

India’s Udaipur Cement Works Ltd has announced unaudited revenue from operations of INR2381.7m (US$29.13m) in the quarter ended 31 December 2022. This compares to INR2200.5m in the previous quarter and INR2077.6m in the same period a year earlier. Net profit after tax in the quarter ended 31 December 2022 stood at INR32.2m, versus INR21.8m in the previous quarter and INR53.9m in the same period in 2021. Power and fuel costs advanced from INR549.2m in the quarter ended 31 December 2021 t...