ACC to invest Rs 33 bn for capacity expansion

ACC to increase its capacity by 16%, to 35 million tons per annum from 30 mtpa. The company would source the entire funding for expansion from internal accruals.

ACC will set up cement production facility of four mtpa and a 2.79-mtpa clinker production facility at Jamul in Chattisgarh. The company will phase out the existing clinkering and grinding line at Jamul. Two grinding facilities will also come up at Sindri in Jharkhand and Kharagpur in West Bengal.

The company proposes to develop four coal blocks in Madhya Pradesh and one in West Bengal to secure its raw material requirements.