In Tamil Nadu, Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited (DCBL) would invest Rs 2,600 crore over three years to set up three grinding facilities.
The new facilities, each with a capacity of two million tonnes, will more than treble the state’s current capacity, which is currently 5.9 million tonnes.
A further Rs 120 crore would be committed for the establishment of the Waste Heat Recovery System (WHRS).
The plants would be built at Sattur in Virudhunagar district in the south, Arakkonam near Chennai, and the Salem-Coimbatore area in the west by the country’s fourth-largest cement production company.
The cement giant wants to extend its manufacturing footprint across the state, which is now concentrated on the districts of Ariyalur and Trichy.
