India: Reliance Cement has said that it will commission its US$485m cement plant in Madhya Pradesh in October 2013. The company is due to complete the project in 22 months, five months ahead of its original schedule. The 5Mt/yr cement plant includes a 10MW waste heat recovery system. The plant is intended to target markets in central, eastern and northern India.
The Madhya Pradesh plant follows the company's 0.5Mt/yr cement plant in Butibori, Maharashtra that was launched in 2012.