Dalmia adds 2.3Mta to Bengal capacity 28 December 2020
Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd has expanded its capacity in Bengal, India, by 2.3Mta to 4Mta. The expansion represents an investment of INR3.6bn (US$48.9m).
The company expects pent-up demand from infrastructure projects and affordable housing following business disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, it is also adding 2.3Mta of brownfield capacity in Odisha and revamp the operations of Murli Industries in Maharashtra to add 3Mta.
“Today we are at around 29Mta approximately and we should be going to 31Mta by the first quarter of the next financial year and by the third quarter we should be around 34Mta,” said Ujjwal Batria, the company’s COO. He added that the company plans to produce blended cement to ensure reduced carbon footprint as part of its plans to become carbon negative by 2040.