India: India Cements plans to revamp and increase the production capacity of its cement plant in Tamil Nadu with an investment of US$13.3m.
The cement plant will be upgraded, including a new line and optimisation of the existing kiln, increasing capacity to about 1.70Mt/yr from the present 0.6Mt/yr. India Cements is currently seeking environmental clearance and, once this is in place, the project will commence. The total power requirement for the increased capacity will be about 28MW, including about 13MW for the new line.