Dalmia Cement Bharat Limited

Dalmia Cement (Bharat) announced a capacity addition of 2.3 million tonnes per annum at its Bengal Cement Works unit in West Midnapore, West Bengal, with an investment of INR 360 crores. Total capacity at the unit increases to 4 MTPA.

Dalmia Cement has submitted an expression of interest to acquire the Rs 6,000-crore cement business of Emami Group, with due diligence underway.

Dalmia Cement announced an investment of INR 2,500 crore to set up new cement manufacturing plants in Rajgangpur and Cuttack, Odisha. The Rajgangpur plant will add 2.25 MTPA cement and 3 MTPA clinker capacity.

Dalmia Cement plans to double its cement manufacturing capacity in eastern India to 17 million tonnes over 24 months, with new units in Odisha, West Bengal and Bihar at a total investment of ₹3,500 crore.

As part of the integrated cement plant expansion, Dalmia Cement will set up a new cement manufacturing capacity of 2.5 MTPA at Biswali, Cuttack, with an investment of approximately Rs. 400 crore.

OCL India Ltd., part of Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd., laid the foundation stone for a new integrated cement plant (Dalmia DSP Unit) at Rajgangpur, Odisha. The plant will have 2.25 MTPA cement and 3 MTPA clinker capacity, with an investment of Rs. 2,500 crore, expected to be commissioned by early 2020.

Dalmia Cement Bharat Limited took over the Banjari Cement factory in Rohtas, Bihar, from Kalyanpur Cement Limited after NCLT approval in December 2017. Trial production has begun, and cement will be marketed under Dalmia Cement brand from September 10, 2018.