India: UltraTech Cement has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) to explore and pilot a circularity initiative for used lubricating oils in the Indian cement industry. Under the agreement, the producer will collaborate with HPCL to reprocess used lubricating oils from UltraTech’s cement plants into re-refined base oil at HPCL’s Green Research and Development Centre in Bangalore, with HPCL to explore the development of finished lubricants that meet UltraTech’s performance specifications. The MoU aligns with the Central Pollution Control Board’s extended producer responsibility guidelines for used oil and establishes a framework for collection, handling, recycling and reuse.
UltraTech recorded a ~6% thermal substitution rate in the 2025 financial year, using 2.1Mt of alternative fuels in its kilns. It also used 44Mt of recycled and alternative raw materials in cement production during the same period.