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India: Shree Cement plans to invest US$744m in new integrated cement plants in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Sumanth Gautham, the company’s vice president, announced the plan on 12 November 2026 at the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Partnership Summit, according to the Hindu BusinessLine newspaper. Gautham said the producer intends to build plants in several districts, including Kadapa, Anakapalli and Guntur. No timeline, plant capacities or breakdown of the investment by site was given.

Shree Cement is India’s third-largest cement producer, with a production capacity of 75Mt/yr of cement.