With this, UltraTech has become the world’s largest cement company, outside China.
“The three new cement grinding units – located in Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh), Patratu (Jharkhand) and Vizag (Andhra Pradesh) – have been strategically positioned to strengthen regional supply, serving north India’s booming construction corridor, the industrial heartland of Jharkhand and the rapidly urbanising coastal belt of Andhra Pradesh,” a company release said.
With these additions, UltraTech’s India capacity stands at 200.1 MTPA and its consolidated global capacity at 205.5 MTPA, which includes 5.4 MTPA from its operations in the UAE, Bahrain and Sri Lanka.
UltraTech took 36 years to reach 100+ MTPA, a milestone achieved in 2019. The next 100 MTPA took less than seven years.
Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman, Aditya Birla Group, said that the 200 MTPA milestone “describes India’s place in the world, an India that has grown comfortable with scale, in its ambitions, its execution and its sense of self “.
The company’s next phase of expansion was already underway with a capex of over Rs.16,000 crore, the release said. That would take its consolidated cement manufacturing capacity to 240+ MTPA, it added.
