UTCL Cement Capacity Increase

UltraTech Cement Increases Cement Capacity

UltraTech Cement Ltd has commissioned a cement grinding unit with a capacity of 1.6 million tonnes at Dankuni in West Bengal. With this capacity addition, the company’s total cement capacity to 65 million tonnes per annum (MPTA).

In the last six months, the company has commissioned three new cement capacity additions, this includes a bulk cement terminal in Maharashtra, another 1.6 MPTA cement grinding unit in Haryana and a cement clinker capacity addition of 2 MPTA in Rajasthan.

With the commissioning of this new cement grinding unit, UltraTech Cement's total cement capacity in East India stands at 9.8 MPTA, when operated at full capacity utilization.

UltraTech Cement, is in the process of acquiring Jaiprakash Associates’ two cement assets in MP which will increase its total cement capacity to 71 MPTA.