India: UltraTech Cement has announced that it has commissioned 3.6Mt/yr of greenfield integrated capacity at Petnikota, Andhra Pradesh, and 1.0Mt/yr through debottlenecking at existing plants in Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), Patratu (Jharkhand) and Nathdwara (Rajasthan). UltraTech said that its total domestic cement capacity now stands at more than 204.7Mt/yr. It said that the additional capacity would strengthen the company’s presence in the southern, eastern and northern markets, extend its market reach and improve logistics efficiency.


