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India: Prism Johnson has decided to move a proposed increase in its cement grinding capacity from its integrated Satna plant in Madhya Pradesh to a location in eastern Uttar Pradesh. It has done so in response to geographical demand. Previously the cement producer said it was going to add around 1Mt/yr of grinding capacity for a cost of US$34m with a commissioning date scheduled for September 2023. Now it wants to build a 2Mt/yr grinding unit in Uttar Pradesh for around US$67m with a commissioning date by December 2024.

India: The board of directors of Prism Johnson has approved plans for the company to raise funds through unsecured non-convertible debentures. The total value raised will be US$12.8m. The producer will issue the debentures on a private basis.

India: The board of directors of Prism Johnson will consider a proposal to raise funds through issue of secured or unsecured, rated, listed, redeemable, taxable non-convertible debentures (NCDs) on 13 August 2021. Any such issue will take place on a private placement basis.

India: Prism Johnson’s full-year consolidated net sales fell by 7% year-on-year to US$752m in the 2021 financial year from US$806m in the 2020 financial year. The group’s profit before tax increased more than doubled to US$21.4m from US$8.5m. Cement sales revenue grew slightly to US$354m.

India: Prism Johnson has added a proposed addition of 1Mt/yr to the cement grinding production capacity at its 5.6Mt/yr integrated plant at Satna in Madhya Pradesh. The project is expected to cost around US$34m with a scheduled commissioning date by September 2023. In January 2021 the cement producer said it was considering investing US$19m in a 0.9Mt/yr expansion to the Satna plant with a commissioning date by December 2021.

India: Prism Cement has established a 12MW waste heat recovery (WHR) plant and 10MW solar power plant at its 6.1Mt/yr-capacity integrated Prism cement plant in Satna, Madhya Pradesh. The plant’s total WHR capacity now totals 22MW, with a total of 23MW solar power capacity. The measures are part of the producer’s sustainability initiatives, by which it aims to reduce its reliance on non-renewables.

India: Prism Johnson is considering investing US$19m in a 0.9Mt/yr expansion of its 6.1Mt/yr Prism cement plant in Satna, Madhya Pradesh. Reuters News has reported that the proposal remains in the first round of discussions.

The group revenue for its cement division fell by 8.3% year-on-year to US$241m for the nine months to the end of December 2020 from US$263m in the same period in 2019. Its cement and clinker sales volumes fell by 5% to 3.93Mt from 4.13Mt.

India: Prism Johnson, formerly known as Prism Cement, has received a letter of intent from the state government of Madhya Pradesh allocating it a mining lease for limestone. The agreement lasts 50 years for a site at Bairiah and Chormari villages and it includes approximately 77Mt of reserves.