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India: Dalmia Bharat laid the foundation stone for its second cement plant in Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh. CEO Puneet Dalmia and senior government officials were in attendance. The integrated plant received an investment of US$321m and is part of an expansion announced in 2025. It will be commissioned by the third quarter of the 2028 financial year and is expected to become the company’s largest integrated plant in southern India, with a clinker capacity of 6.1Mt/yr and a cement capacity of 9.6Mt/yr.