Team News Riveting
Mumbai, October 1
The Ambuja Cements Limited (AEL) has started commercial production in its Marwar plant located in Nagaur district of Rajasthan.
Built over an investment of Rs 2,350 crore, the Greenfield integrated plant enhances Ambuja’s clinker capacity by 3 million tonne per annum (MTPA) and helps in improving cement sales by 5 MTPA.
“In continuation to our letter dated 21st August 2021, we would like to inform you that the Company has w.e.f 30th September 2021, successfully started the Commercial Production of Clinker and Cement at our newly commissioned Marwar Greenfield Project in Nagaur District, in the state of Rajasthan,” AEL said in a regulatory filing today.
The trial run at its state-of-the-art greenfield integrated plant started on August 21. The plant has a waste heat recovery system (WHRS) that converts waste heat derived during the production process into energy.
Marwar Cement Works is the third plant of Holcim Group in the Rajasthan, after Rabariwas and Lakheri. It is also the second integrated plant of Ambuja in Rajasthan, and 6th in the country.
Ambuja Cements Ltd., a part of the global conglomerate Holcim, is among the leading cement companies in India. Ambuja Cement has a cement capacity of 29.65 million tonnes with five integrated cement manufacturing plants and eight cement grinding units across the country.
