India: JSW plans to invest US$610m to boost its port and cement capacity in the next two years. It plans to almost double its ability to handle cargo at its ports to 62Mt/yr, with a target to further increase it to 200Mt/yr by 2025, according to group CFO Seshagiri Rao. Cement capacity is estimated to increase to 17Mt/yr in the next 24 months from 6Mt/yr at present.
"Ports appear to be a very attractive investment as ports and inland waters have not at all been leveraged in India," said Rao to Bloomberg. "We feel that in each of the core infrastructure sectors there is a huge amount of change happening." Rao said that the group will build its own cement plants instead of acquiring an existing business.