Cement Manufacturing company, Emami Cement has commissioned its grinding plant at Panagarh in West Bengal, on 23 March, 2017.
The grinding plant, constructed at an investment of around Rs 700 crore, in 13 months, has a capacity of two million tpa. The project is expected to generate direct and indirect employment to over 500 people.
The clinker for the plant is being sourced from the company's captive limestone mines in Chhattisgarh. The cement grinding unit is part of a 5.5 million tpa integrated cement unit comprising an operational facility of a central clinkerization plant and a grinding unit at Risda in Balodabazar district, Chhattisgarh.
The company is also setting up another grinding unit with a capacity of 1.8 million tpa in Odisha, with an investment of Rs 3,500 crore.