UltraTech Cement has commissioned cement capacity of 1.2 million tpa in October2021 at the following locations of the company, which is Phase-I of the 19.5 million tpa capacity expansion announced in December 2020.
Patliputra Cement Works, Bihar – additional cement capacity of 0.6 million tpa, taking the unit’s capacity to 2.5 million tpa.
Dankuni Cement Works, West Bengal – additional cement capacity of 0.6 million tpa, taking the unit’s capacity to 2.2 million tpa.
This additional capacity will help the company to service the fast-growing cement demand in the eastern markets and also help in increasing its blended cement ratio.
The company’s total cement manufacturing capacity in India now stands increased to 112.55 million tpa.