JSW Cement plans Rs. 2,500 crore investment in Karnataka.

JSW Cement Ltd., a part of the $11 billion JSW Group, is planning to set up a 3 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) clinkerisation plant at Chittapur in Gulbarga district at an estimated cost of Rs. 2,500 crore.

The company presently operates three plants with a combined capacity of 6 mtpa cement plants at Vijayanagar in Karnataka, Dolvi in Maharashtra and Nandyal (4.8 million tonnes per annum) in Andhra Pradesh.

Clinkerisation is the heart of cement manufacturing process.

'Gulbarga project is still in preliminary stages and we have approached the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) for permissions. It will take at least two to three years to materialise,' Pankaj Kulkarni, Director, JSW Cement Ltd. told Business Standard.

He said the 3 mtpa clinker capacity at Gulbarga will help the company manufacture 6 mtpa cement at different places. The new plant is part of the company’s expansion programme. It intends to expand its capacity to 25 mtpa by 2025.

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