The cement demand will continue to be promoted by the infra and housing projects in India and this prosecutor (FY26) is likely to witness, said Arun Shukla, president and director, JK Lakshmi Cement.
The company, anticipating a positive growth in demand in its key operational markets, is investing ₹ 2,500-3000 million rupees to increase production by 4.6 million tons per year (MTPA) for fiscal year 27.
He left fiscal year 2000 with a capacity of 18 MTPA and is aimed at becoming the fifth largest cement manufacturer in the country with an installed capacity of 30 MTPA for the fiscal year30. The strong markets of JK Lakshmi Cement include East, North and West India.
According to Shukla, the company will invest in its facilities of the Eastern Indies, for Brownfield’s expansion, through a combination of debt and internal Afroqueries. It has two facilities in Eastern India: an integrated capacity in Durg in Chattisgarh and a grinding unit in Cuttack in Odisha.
“We recently acquired the mining rights in Nagor (Rajasthan) and Kutch (Gujarat), where we establish grinding plants, each with a capacity of 3 mtpa; a third line in Udaipur and an integrated range of 2.5 Mtpa. Range. Range.” He told the newspapers a press conference.
The integration of Udaipur Cement Works Ltd, a subsidiary of the company, is likely that the father ends in August, Shukla said. The merger was part of the corporate restructuring plan that the company’s board had approved last year.
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The Cement manufacturer has recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the Assam Government for a Green Project, which is probably completed in the next 7-8 years. The capacity has not yet been announced. “There is a government approach in the northeast, and we are present in the Eastern region. Therefore, it makes a logical sense that we expand there (ne),” he said.
By the way, a general rule of thumb in the creation of cement is that to establish a capacity of 1 MTPA, Capex is in the range of ₹ 1,000-1,200 million rupees, approximately.
Posted on April 18, 2025