India: Ramco Cements’ profit in the three months to 31 December 2019 was US$13.3m, down by 6.3% year-on-year from US$14.2m. Revenues in the period rose by 5.3% to US$180m from US$171m. Sales volumes grew by 3.7% year-on-year to 28Mt from 27Mt.
A 100% capacity expansion of Ramco Cements’ 1.0Mt/yr Kolaghat grinding plant in West Bengal to 2.0Mt/yr, which begun in September 2019, is scheduled for completion in 2020.