Karnataka Cement Corridor

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CHENNAI: Highlighting the "long-term" business cycle of cement industry, he said within south, while Karnataka registered a growth of over 10% in Q1, there was a negative growth of 5% in Andhra Pradesh and Kerala and Tamil Nadu registering a paltry 3% growth.

Despite the sluggish demand in south the company has been able to achieve better volumes. It is also exploring markets in the north and east, which helped in getting better realisation as compared to south.

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between ACC Wadi is just an upgradation to 10,000TPD.

Two more bigger plants are U/C JP Balaji at Jayanthipuram, Andhrapradesh. ABG Cements Kutch Gujarat. All these are 10,000 TPD Clinker plants which may go upto 11,000TPD. These two plants will get the name India's largest plant.

b/w next to U.S, India will be having 10,000TPD (single line) cement plants. China is also fastly building such large plants.

And Gulbarga, Nalgonda and Ariyalur are the cements plants hub in SI. Gulbarga is the largest one among the, lot of new projects are coming up there with Chettinad, Dalmia, Grasim.

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ACC Wadi;

India's largest cement factory at wadi,Gulbarga

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In order to scale up its presence in the cement sector, the company has earmarked brown field expansions aggregating to 9.2 million TPA at Chhattisgarh and Karnataka units with related grinding units and bulk terminals with a capex of Rs. 5,600 crore. An additional capex of Rs. 4,500 crore has been allocated for the augmentation of the grinding and evacuation facility, logistics infrastructure, captive thermal power plant, modernization and completion of existing projects.

The Company plans to set up 120,000 TPAVSF plant at Vilayat (Gujarat) at a cost of Rs. 1,690 crore. The product mix will be in line with the market needs. The Company's capacity at Harihar (Karnataka) will be enhanced by 36,500 TPA through a brown field expansion at a cost of Rs. 449 crore. Both the projects are slated for commissioning by FY13.

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Record cement production in one kiln

Special Correspondent

GULBARGA: The Wadi cement plant of ACC Ltd. in Gulbarga district has the world's largest single kiln that has a capacity of producing 12,500 tonnes a day.

With the completion of the second phase of the expansion of the second unit of the plant in the industrial township of Wadi in Chitapur taluk in Gulbarga district, the production in one of the three kilns had been upgraded to 12,500 tonnes.

Director of the plant, Anoopkumar Saxena, told a group of visiting presspersons from Gulbarga on Wednesday that the ACC had invested Rs. 900 crore for the second phase of the expansion of one of the largest cement plants in Asia.

He said the total capacity of the plant of both the old and new units was five million tonnes a year. While 2 million tonnes of cement was being produced in the old plant, the modern fully automated second unit of the plant produces three million tonnes.

Mr. Saxena said while the new unit had two kilns with a capacity to produce 1,200 tonnes a day, another kiln had a capacity to produce 3,200 tonnes and the fourth with a record 12,500 tonnes a day. In the old unit, the two kilns had a capacity to produce 1,200 tonnes a day and a third unit had a capacity to produce 3,000 tonnes a day.

To a question, Mr. Saxena said the ACC has already approached the Guinness World Records to record the achievement of the Wadi plant of the ACC as the single largest producer of cement in one kiln. To another question, the official said that several safety measures have been taken to ensure zero accidents in the plant. Last year, there were three fatal accidents.

The Hindu

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Mexico's Cemex closes on Murli Industries cement business in a $550 million deal

It is also planning to build two additional cement plants in Junagadh in Rajasthan and Gulbarga in Karnataka and Rajasthan, both with an identical capacity of 3 MTPA, along with two captive power plants of 50 MW each at a total investment of Rs1,135 crore each.

The cement plants are expected to be operational by the middle of 2013.

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Industries to invest over Rs. 15,000 cr. in Gulbarga

Special Correspondent

As many as 12 new industries to be set up; expansion of cement plants planned

Zawar, Rajashree, Lafarge among those planning to set up cement plants in the district

New projects expected to provide employment to many in the region

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Big plans:Vasavadatta Cement in Sedam taluk of Gulbarga district is one of the many companies seeking to expand existing plants.

GULBARGA: Gulbarga district looks set to divest its tag as an industrially backward district with the setting up of at least 12 new industries and the expansion of existing cement plants, at a combined investment of Rs. 15,063 crore.

Official sources told The Hindu here on Sunday that apart from the memorandums of understanding (MoUs) signed during the Global Investors Meet in June this year, a few more industries have applied for licences to set up units in the district. They have also sought infrastructure facilities, including land, for the proposed projects.

Among the existing cement plants that have sought permission to expand their capacities are Zawar Cement Pvt. Ltd. in the industrial township of Shahabad and Rajashree Cement at Malkhed in Sedam taluk of Gulbarga district.

The Zawar plant has sought permission to increase the installed capacity of its Shahabad plant to 6 million tonnes per annum (MPTA) from the existing 0.5 MTPA, and to install a captive power generation plant of 70 MW. The company has also sought to convert the existing wet process technology to dry process technology at a cost of Rs. 3,180 crore.

Sources said the project would provide employment to an additional 4,050 persons, apart from its existing workforce of 570.

Meanwhile, the capacity of the Rajashree Cement plant would be enhanced from 4.2 MTPA to 8.45 MTPA, with a captive power generation plant of 185.5 MW also being installed. The total investment for this would be Rs. 3,000 crore.

While Zawar has sought an additional 472.18 acres for their expansion activities, Rajashree has sought 971.38 acres of land.

Besides, Lafarge India Pvt. Ltd. has decided to establish a cement plant with an initial capacity of 3 MPTA, and a 43-MW coal-based thermal plant to meet its power requirement in Chitapur taluk of Gulbarga district, at a cost of Rs. 1,500 crore. This unit will provide employment to 355 people.

The company has sought 601.12 acres of land for setting up the unit.

India Cements too has decided to establish a cement plant with an initial capacity of 2 MTPA, and a 60-MW thermal power plant at a cost of Rs. 850 crore in Chincholi taluk of the district. The company has been permitted to acquire 1,263.45 acres of land directly from the farmers for the project.

Shree Cements has decided establish a 3-MTPA cement plant at Sedam taluk, with a 35-MW captive power plant at a cost of Rs. 1,000 crore.

Vasavadatta Cement in Sedam taluk has been permitted to take up expansion of its existing plant at a cost of Rs. 800 crore. Orient Cement too have expressed interest in establishing a unit in Chitapur taluk at a cost of Rs. 700 crore.

Besides, several entrepreneurs have proposed to establish other industries.

The Hindu

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Dalmia Bharat to invest Rs 2500 crore for 2 cement units

Published on Fri, Dec 03, 2010 at 16:57 | Updated at Fri, Dec 03, 2010 at

Dalmia Bharat Enterprises will invest Rs 2500 crore to set up two cement plants of 2.5 million tonnes each in about two-and-a-half years, a top official said on Friday.

The plants will be set up in Karnataka and Meghalaya, Puneet Dalmia, managing director, told reuters by telephone.

Formed following its demerger in September from the listed Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd, Dalmia Bharat Enterprise Ltd will be listed by December 15, Dalmia said.

Dalmia Cement (Bharat) has been renamed Dalmia Bharat Sugar and Industries Ltd since the demerger and houses sugar business, while Dalmia Bharat Enterprise holds cement and power businesses.

"Given that the short term is a little turbulent, I think this industry requires patient capital and with KKR deal and partnership, we have deep pockets and we have patient capital," Dalmia said.

He expects India's fast-paced growth to drive cement consumption in the long term.

Private equity firm KKR had announced in May that it would invest up to 7.5 billion rupees in Dalmia's cement business.

Dalmia said the expansion will be funded through 70% debt and 30% equity and the company has already acquired land and obtained mining leases and environmental clearance for the two plants.

The expansion is part of the company's plan to add 10 million tonnes capacity announced before the global downturn in 2008 that slowed corporate India's expansion as funds became scarce and expensive.

Dalmia said plans for adding another 5 million tonnes will be announced "shortly".

At present, Dalmia Bharat Enterprises operates 9 million tonne cement plants and also owns 45.4% in group company OCL that has a cement capacity of 5.3 million tonnes.

Dalmia said cement prices fell by about Rs 5 a 50-kg bag in November and longer spell of rains this year has kept demand sluggish.

Demand should be better in Jan-March and prices may hold or improve, he said.

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Ultratech to invest Rs 10,000 cr in 3 yrs

Aditya Birla Group firm Ultratech Cement said it will invest around Rs 10,000 crore over the next three years to enahnce its annual capacity by 9.2 million tonnes (MT), expecting up to 10 per cent growth in demand.

"The company has a capital outlay (plan) of around Rs 10,000 crore to be spent over the next three years. These includes setting up an additional clinkerisation plants at Chattisgarh and Karnataka along with grinding units and bulk packaging terminals across various states," Ultratech said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange.

The 10th largest cement maker in the world, UltraTech Cement has an annual capacity of 52 million tonnes (MT). The Aditya Birla Group flagship said the orders have been placed for the proposed expansions, which would be completed in early FY14.

"Consequent to these expansions, total cement capacity addition will be 9.2 mtpa," it said.

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Orient Paper to set up a cement plant in Karnataka
Thursday, 10 Feb 2011

The board of Orient Paper & Industries cleared the company's proposal to set up INR 1,473 crore three million tonne per annum Greenfield cement manufacturing facility at Gulburga, Karnataka. The board also approved plans to set up a 50 MW power plant entailing an additional investment of INR 247 crore.

Information trickling in suggests OPIL has already obtained the Karnataka government’s approval for the proposed project as well as its go ahead to buy some 1500 acres plus for the same. Sources close to the group indicated that the location of the proposed power plant and its use couldn't be ascertained. The greenfield Karnataka unit will, in all likelihood , be part financed by a mix of internal accruals, debt and equity.

The move to add 3 million tonne per annum cement capacity is in sync with OPIL's aim to become a 12-15 million tonne cement manufacturing firm by 2015-16 .

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Rain Commodities Arm Commences Bellary Operations

Date: 24 March 2011

(RTTNews) - Rain Commodities Ltd. said its wholly-owned subsidiary Rain Cements Ltd., had commenced operations of its fly ash handling and cement packing unit at Bellary in Karnataka from March 24. he said plant was set up at a cost of Rs.15 crore.

Rain Cements had entered into a contract with Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd. (KPCL) and as per the terms of the contract, KPCL shall exclusively supply up to four lakh metric tons per annum of fly ash to Rain Cements for a period of 10 years.

With the commencement of operations of the fly ash handling and cement packing unit, the total production capacity of cements will increase to 3.50 million metric tones from 3.1 million metric tons per annum with improved fly ash blend ratio.

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J.P. Cement gets ready to expand its Shahabad plant

Special Correspondent

Entrepreneurs meet department officials in Gulbarga to get the go-head for projects

‘After GIM, nine more proposals worth Rs. 7,095.56 crore awaiting clearance'

GULBARGA: Pune-based J.P. Cement Corporation Ltd. has taken up massive expansion and upgrading of its plant at the industrial township of Shahabad in Chitapur taluk here.

The plans include a switch from wet-process technology to dry-process technology and an increase in the production capacity from 0.50 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) to 6 MTPA with a 70 MW captive power plant.

J.P. Cement Corporation was one among the 18 investors to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the State Government in the last Global Investors Meet (GIM) in Bangalore. Officials present

Apart from the senior officials of Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB), industries and other departments, Chairman of Hyderabad Karnataka Area Development Board (HKADB) Amarnath Patil, HKADB Secretary Shalini Rajneesh Goel, and Deputy Commissioner K. Vishal were among those present to provide required information to investors and help them get necessary clearances from line departments.

The officials of J.P. Cements informed the meeting that they had already placed orders for the machinery to convert the technology into dry processing, and were awaiting the renewal of mining licence.

The company was investing Rs. 3,800 crore towards expansion activities.

Rajashree Cements, had inked the MoU for expanding the capacity of the plant at Malkhed in Sedam taluk from 4.20 MTPA to 8.45 MTPA and increase the captive generation of power to 185.5 MW. The company will invest Rs. 3,000 crore for these activities.

Thermal plant

Mumbai-based Lafarge India Private Ltd. is setting up a 3 MTPA cement plant and a 43 MW thermal plant at Ravood in Chitapur taluk. The company had already obtained mining lease and clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Forests and was in the process of acquiring land.

In the meeting, it was disclosed that NSL Sugars, which runs Aland Cooperative Sugar Factory in Bhusnoor of Aland taluk, would invest Rs. 346.58 crore for installing cogeneration of power and a distillery plant. The proposal is pending before the Sugar Ministry for administrative approval.

Chettinadu Cements would invest Rs. 660 crore to establish a cement and thermal power plant. The company had already acquired 1,400 acres and obtained a mining lease for 1,045 acres while the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board has given its clearance.

Clearances soon

Deputy Commissioner Mr. Vishal said the hurdles faced by the investors in getting clearances would be tackled immediately.

Ms. Goel said, after the GIM at least nine proposals with a promised investment of Rs. 7,095.56 crore for new industries in the district have come, clearances for which would be given at the earliest.

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Cement Corridor of Karnataka is taking shape.Gulbarga is finally seeing good industrial activities.

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Apr 18, 2011 06:10 ET

Cement Projects Worth $64.5 Billion Taking Off in Southern India

DELHI, INDIA--(Marketwire - April 18, 2011) - Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- India's southern state of Karnataka will be seeing unprecedented growth in its cement production capacity, courtesy of a cluster of cement projects, which have an estimated total investment value of $64.5 billion. The plants will be constructed in Gulbarga, Yadwad, Malkhed and Bagalkot.

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Ultratech to spend Rs 11,000 cr in 3 yrs on capacity expansion

NEW DELHI: The country's largest cement-maker, Ultratech Cement, today said it will spend around Rs 11,000 crore over three years to increase its cement-making capacity by 9.2 million tonnes per annum (mtpa).

"The company has a capital outlay of around Rs 11,000 crore, to be spent over the next three years. These include setting up of additional clinkerisation plants in Chhattisgarh and Karnataka , together with grinding units, bulk packaging terminals and ready-mix concrete plants across the country," the Aditya Birla Group firm said in a statement.

Ultratech said that orders have already been placed for major equipment for setting up the projects.

"These expansions are expected to be operational from early FY'14 and will enhance the company's cement capacity by 9.2 mtpa," it said.

Ultratech Cement has 52-mtpa annual capacity. It has 11 integrated plants, one white cement plant, one clinkerisation plant in the UAE and 15 grinding units. It is also the country's largest exporter of cement clinker.

Meanwhile, due to subdued demand growth for cement, the company's net sales stood at Rs 13,210 crore and profit before interest and tax at Rs 2,063 crore in FY'11.

"FY'11 recorded industry demand growth of 5.3 per cent, the lowest in 10 years. This was primarily on account of the de-growth/subdued growth in various key cement consuming states by lower infrastructure spendings, slowdown in realty sector, an extended monsoon and non-availability of railway wagons," Ultratech said.

Net sales of the company during the final quarter of the last fiscal stood at Rs 4,490 crore and profit before interest and tax at Rs 904 crore.

On the outlook for the industry in the current fiscal, it said, "The cement industry is likely to grow more than 8.5 per cent on the back of government initiatives in rural development, infrastructure and housing."

"The pricing environment may remain challenging and with the impact of surplus capacity, margins continue to remain under pressure," Ultratech added.

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Vasavadatta Cement plans R1,000-cr spend
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Hyderabad: Vasavadatta Cement, part of Kesoram Industries which is the flagship company of BK Birla group of companies, is planning an investment of R1,000 crore over a period of time for setting up new plants and capacity expansion at its existing facilities.
The company has decided on its next phase of expansion in Gulbarga district in Karnataka and is awaiting the Karnataka government’s support for land allotment containing the environmental clearances as well. The proposed expansion would take the total capacity to over 8 million tonnes from the present 6 million tonnes. In an interaction with the media, KC Jain, wholetime director of Kesoram Industries, said that the company’s proposed expansion is going slow due to land allotment issue.

“Once we get the clearances, we will initiate our work on new plants which may cost about R1,000 crore,’’ he said, adding that the total capacity would then touch 8 million tonnes in the next two years.

ACC launches 'Concrete+'

ACC Ltd, India’s foremost cement manufacturer and pioneer in cement and concrete technology, launched ‘Concrete+’, a premium eco-friendly cement brand in Bengaluru today. Concrete+ is technologically advanced cement in terms of higher strength and durability. This product will cater to the requirements of individual home builders in and around Bengaluru City.

Concrete+ is specially formulated cement goes with a Tag Line “FASTER.STRONGER.FOREVER” which is produced by inter-grinding higher strength Ordinary Portland Cement clinker with high quality processed fly ash. This product utilizes fly ash (a hazardous industrial waste) to help conserve natural resources, thus making it an eco-friendly product. Concrete+ is more cohesive, durable and best suited for Reinforced Cement Concrete (RCC) work. Concrete+ will be available in specially designed 50-kg tamper proof bags with free value added technical services.


Mr Jayanta DattaGupta, Chief Commercial Officer, ACC Limited, formally launched the product. Speaking on the occasion he said, “We are extremely happy to offer ‘Concrete+’ to our consumers in Bengaluru City. Bengaluru has been of utmost importance to ACC and the launch of Concrete+ is a next step towards customer satisfaction in Karnataka. This product is a result of continuous feedback from Customers/ Influencers/ Dealers & also efforts of our central technology support services centre. We believe in offering home builders the finest cement to build their dream homes stronger but also greener.”
Concrete+ is designed specially to ensure high durability and resistance of structures under extreme climate. With Concrete+, ACC offers services like house building estimation, training on good construction practices, testing of ingredients at site, site visits at different stages of construction, basic proportion design for concrete and testing strength for concrete structure. Specially designed literature is also available for customers to understand the advantage of the products as well as the methodology for construction.

Concrete+ follows the successful launches at Nagpur, Amravati which also offers a host of value-added services to consumers. The company operates a country-wide network of as many as 120 ACC Help Vans and 24x7 working web site all under the umbrella of ACC Help. This initiative of the company aims at guiding individual home builders to build their dream home and at the same time to ensure consumer satisfaction.

ACC has been a leader in innovative research, product development and specialized consultancy services. ACC’s Wadi Plant, Karnataka has World's largest kiln installed with a capacity of 12,500 tonnes per day creating new landmarks for cement industry globally.

ACC’s has the country’s most energy efficient and state-of-the-art cement plants. With over 75 years of close interaction with customers, ACC has entered its platinum jubilee year-the first company in the cement industry to achieve this status. ACC delivers a blend of products and services which makes it a unique offering to its valued customers.

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Gulbarga set to be cement hub of the State

Udayashankar Bhat, Gulbarga, May 29, DHNS:

12 manufacturers propose to set shop in the Hyderabad-Karnataka region

The district in the Hyderabad-Karnataka region is all set to shed its industrially-backward tag. As many as 12 large cement manufacturers are setting up shop in Gulbarga with an investment of Rs 15,000 crore generating 10,000 jobs.

Abundant availability of limestone, an essential raw material for cement, and rail connectivity have played a vital role in transforming the district into a cement hub of Karnataka. Seven per cent of the total limestone deposit in the country is said to be in the Gulbarga district.

Majority of the cement companies which signed memorandum of understanding to establish industries at the last year’s Global Investors’ Meet are now preparing to commence work on their plants. Cement majors - Vasavadatta, Rajashree, Zawar, Chetttinad, Lafarge, India Cements, Shree Cement, JK Cement etc - have obtained licence to build their factories. They have also submitted proposals for development of the necessary infrastructure.

Rajashree and Zawar have planned to increase their production at their Mulkhed and Shahabad plants.

Increase production

According to sources in District Industries Centre (DIC), Zawar has proposed to increase the production to 60 lakh tonnes per annum (tpa) from the present five lakh tpa.

It has also come forward to set up a 80 MW power generating unit for industrial purposes. The Rs 3,180-crore proposal includes technology upgrade, and generates 4,050 jobs.

The district administration has allowed India Cements to acquire 1,263 acres to set up a 20 lakh tpa plant at a cost of Rs 850 crore. Shree Cements will set up a 30 tpa plant investing Rs 1,000 crore in Sedam taluk. The DIC has okayed the proposal of the Vasavadatta Cement to expand its Sedam plant and the Orient Cements unit in Chittapur.

Proposal to expand

Sources said the expansion proposals of the ACC and HMP too are before the government and more players - Sagar, Zuari, Birla, Soorya have evinced interest to establish their units in the district. Karnataka stands seventh in the country in terms of cement production and would catapult to the second position if the projects in the pipeline materialise.

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ACC plans million-tonne cement unit in Udupi district

Mahesh Kulkarni / Bangalore May 28, 2011, 0:05 IST

ACC Ltd, India’s largest manufacturer of cement, plans to expand its capacity in Karnataka by setting up a 1-million tonne per annum (mtpa) fly ash-based Portland Pozzolana unit in the coastal area. The company plans to invest Rs 280 crore to set up the plant, its fifth in the state. “We have signed the (deal) with the state government and are working out the specific details like capacity, investment and land availability before going to the board for final approval,” P N Iyer, director, sales, south, told Business Standard.

ACC is looking for land in Yellur and Padebettu villages in Udupi district, close to the Udupi Power project, from where it wishes to source fly ash. The Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) has identified 71.19 acres of land in these villages.

Another 94 acres of private land has also been identified and the final notification for acquisition is yet to be issued, state government sources said.
“We have a very good market in coastal Karnataka and the new plant will help us serve the local market effectively,” Iyer said. ACC’s current installed capacity in the country is 30 mtpa. It has 16 cement factories and 40 ready-mix concrete making units. Its Wadi plant in Gulbarga district has the single largest cement kiln in the world, of 13,000 tonnes a day.

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ACC plans fly ash based cement pant in Udupi district

BS reported that ACC Limited plans to expand its capacity in Karnataka by setting up a 1 million tonne per annum fly ash based Portland Pozzolana unit in the coastal area. The company plans to invest INR 280 crore to set up the plant, its fifth in the state.

Mr PN Iyer director sales south at ACC told Business Standard that "We have signed the deal with the state government and are working out the specific details like capacity, investment and land availability before going to the board for final approval."

Mr Iyer said that "We have a very good market in coastal Karnataka and the new plant will help us serve the local market effectively."

ACC is looking for land in Yellur and Padebettu villages in Udupi district, close to the Udupi Power project, from where it wishes to source fly ash. The Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board has identified 71.19 acres of land in these villages. Another 94 acres of private land has also been identified and the final notification for acquisition is yet to be issued.

ACC's current installed capacity in the country is 30 million tonne per annum. It has 16 cement factories and 40 ready mix concrete making units. Its Wadi plant in Gulbarga district has the single largest cement kiln in the world, of 13,000 tonnes a day.

(Sourced from www.business-standard.com)

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Yadgir’s maiden cement plant gets government nod

The State government has cleared a proposal for the establishment of a cement factory and a captive power plant by Amrutha Constructions Private Limited near Maralbhavi village in Surpur taluk of Yadgir district.



The unit is estimated to bring in an investment of Rs 960 crore with a production capacity of two million metric tonnes per annum and a 50-MW coal-based captive power plant. It is expected to generate employment to 700 people.

This will be the first big cement factory in Yadgir district when it materialises. All the three major cement factories Rajashree, Vasavadatta and Zuari are located in Gulbarga district.

The new plant is also expected to provide indirect employment to an unspecified number of people apart from opening up ancillaries and other avenues of the economy in the virtually no-industry district, created one-and-a-half year ago. The approval for the cement and power unit was given at a recent meeting of the State High Level Clearance Committee, according to official sources. The new cement factory will require 350 acres of land which will have to be acquired and allotted by Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) to the company as a Single Unit Complex. The unit is estimated to require 2,100 kilo litres per day (KLPD) of water, out of which 1,210 KLPD will have to be drawn from the Krishna river, subject to the approval of the Water Resources Department.

The company will have to make its own arrangements for the remaining 890 KLPD of water. It is not known whether the company will be allowed to exploit underground sources for this huge requirement. The unit will require 36,750 KVA of power and it has to be supplied by the Gulbarga Electricity Supply Company.

Major conditions

One of the major conditions put forth by the government for the company is that it will have to prepare a plan for development of human resources required for the project, train local people and provide employment to the trained local youth.

The firm has also been asked to provide employment to at least one member of the family of each land loser, if the land is acquired through KIADB. It will have to draw a vendor development plan to develop local vendors and procure the required inputs, components and sub-assemblies from them.

The other conditions are: the project proponents will have to adopt rainwater harvesting, waste water recycling and water conservation techniques, besides zero discharge facility. The promoters will have to obtain Consent for Establishment and Consent for Operations from the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board and environmental clearance from the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests.

The clearance for the new cement unit is said to be the result of the Global Investors Meet held by the government in June last year.

©DHNS

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Chettinad Cement

Further, Its Greenfield Project at Gulbarga District, Karnataka State, to start up cement manufacturing unit with a capacity of 2.5 Million Tonnes per annum and a Captive power plant with a capacity of 30 MW is in advanced stage of implementation.

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Zuari Inds - Cessation of Gulbarga Cement Limited (GCL) as a subsidiary of Zuari Industries Limited (Company)

Zuari Industries Ltd has informed BSE that Zuari Cement Limited (ZCL), an unlisted public Company, has made an offer (the "Offer") to the Company to acquire GCL, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, by way of subscription to equity shares of GCL, subject to the compliance and fulfillment of certain terms and conditions by the Company and/or GCL, including without limitation the execution of the share subscription agreement and shareholders' agreement amongst ZCL, GCL and the Company (the "Agreements").

GCL is in the process of developing a greenfield cement plant in Gulbarga, Karnataka, which will, once set up, have an annual capacity of 3 million MT and 50 MW Power Plant. In respect of the same, GCL holds a limestone mining lease for 989 hectares of land in Gulbarga, Karnataka.

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Land concessions for cement units cleared

The State Cabinet has cleared land concessions to eight cement factories, all to be located in and around Sedam and Chincholi in Gulbarga district, apart from the concessions for lands sought by six educational institutions and a sugar factory.

The total extent of lands approved for these projects is over 4,000 acres. Most of them have received waiver from the provisions of the Karnataka Land Revenue Act and the Karnataka Land Reforms Act which impose a ban on the use of agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes.

Among the cement units are Chettinad Cements, Shree Cements (Rajasthan), Dalmia cements and India Cements. All these projects were cleared during the Global Investors Meet last year and their land requirements were cleared by the State High Level Clearance Committee.

The Hindu