# Star Cement fast-tracks Rs 2200 crore capacity expansion

Star Cement is expanding its total capacity from 5.5 million tonnes to 9.7 million tonnes per year by 2025-26, with a total investment of around Rs 2,200 crore. A new 2 million tonne grinding unit in Guwahati will start commercial production by December 2023.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2023-12-08
- Where: Guwahati, Assam, India
- Value: $264.0M (22.0B INR)
- Starts operating: Dec 2023
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 9.7 million tonnes per year
- Products: cement, clinker
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [Star Cement](https://endata.com/companies/26723.md)

## Sources

- [business-standard.com](https://www.business-standard.com/companies/news/star-cement-s-rs-2200-cr-capex-expansion-drive-on-fast-track-ceo-123120800667_1.html), 2023-12-08: "By the end of 2023, our capacity will be 7.7 million tonnes, and by 2025-26, it will reach 9.7 million tonnes."

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