Building & Construction Material

OCL India is planning an expansion of its cement grinding unit at Village Kulapachuria, dist. West Midnapore, West Bengal from 1.35 MTPA to 4.0 MTPA on existing land. The company is also planning installation of new 2.25 MTPA cement grinding unit. Contractor is yet to be appointed. The project is waiting for environmental clearance. Work on the project is expected to commence in 2017 and planned for completion in 2018. According to MoEF sources, the project will entail expansion of the existing cement grinding unit through optimizing the existing cement grinding unit and installation of the new 2.25 MTPA cement grinding unit (VRM based) for production of 100% PSC cement. Production enhancement will be achieved through certain changes in the product mix and improvement in the process optimization and utilization of maximum available power and drives and simultaneous de-bottlenecking initiatives to achieve maximum utilization of available power. The total land area is 62.52 hectares. The estimated cost of the expansion project is Rs. 4,000 million. Power requirement of 24.5 MVA will be met by 132 kV power line of WBSEB. [Info as of: Aug. `16]

India \ West Bengal