Aditya Birla Group’s cement flagship company UltraTech Cement has announced Rs 5,477 crore investment towards capacity expansion.
The Board of Directors of the company approved increasing the capacity by 12.8 million tpa with a mix of brownfield and greenfield expansion.
The additional capacity will be created in the fast-growing markets of the east, central and north regions of the country. The capital outlay, given the current economic backdrop, is aligned with the government's Atmanirbhar Bharat programme.
The expansion includes the existing approval for the cement plant at Pali in Rajasthan, in addition to 8.7 million tpa capacity expansion currently underway in Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Bihar and West Bengal, which has picked up pace and expected to get commissioned by FY22 in a phased manner.
The commercial production from new capacities will go on stream in a phased manner by Q4/FY23.
This capacity addition will not impact the ongoing deleveraging programme which is on track to make UltraTech debt free by the time the expansion programme is completed.
Upon completion of the latest round of the expansion, the company's capacity will grow to 136.25 million tpa.