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RAMCO CEMENTS BOOSTS GRINDING CAPACITY BY
NEARLY 1 MILLION TONNES PER ANNUM.
Tamil Nadu-based Ramco Cements announced recently that
it has increased its cement grinding capacity by nearly one CONSTRUCTION
million tonnes per annum (MTPA). The company achieved this by
implementing debottlenecking measures at its Kalavatala Plant
in Andhra Pradesh, raising capacity from 1.5 MTPA to 2 MTPA.
Additionally, at its Valapady Grinding Unit in Salem District, Tamil
Nadu, Ramco Cements also enhanced grinding capacity from
1.6 MTPA to 2 MTPA through similar debottlenecking efforts.
With these upgrades, the company’s total cement grinding
capacity has increased by 0.9 MTPA, bringing it from 23.14 MTPA
to 24.04 MTPA, supported by an investment of `58 crore. The
company has received the necessary consent to operate from
relevant authorities for these capacity expansions.
For the financial year ending March 31, 2024, Ramco Cements
From Left to Right - reported a revenue of `9,349.83 crore. The company operates
Lalit Agarwal, VC & Co Founder Signature Global India Ltd and five integrated cement units and six grinding units across India.
Ani Ray, Managing Director, ACC Pvt Ltd
UP TO DEVELOP TWO INDUSTRIAL CORRIDORS IN
SIGNATURE GLOBAL AWARDS `320 CRORE CONTRACT PRAYAGRAJ AND AGRA
TO ACC INDIA FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ITS LUXURY Recently, the Union Cabinet approved the development of 12
RESIDENTIAL PROJECT, “TWIN TOWERS DXP” new industrial corridors, including two in Uttar Pradesh: Prayagraj
Gurugram based real estate developer, Signature Global, who has and Agra. While the Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry
a focus on realty projects in Northern India has appointed ACC generally requires a minimum land parcel of 1,000 acres for
India Pvt Ltd for Civil, Structure and Part MEP work for all the Towers, corridor development, the Prayagraj corridor will be developed
Basements and Other Ancillary Buildings for its residential group on a smaller 352-acre site due to a special request from the Uttar
housing project in Sector 84, Gurugram, Haryana which is located Pradesh government.
along the rapidly developing Dwarka Expressway. Union Minister Piyush Goyal explained that the Prayagraj corridor
The LOI dated September 12, 2024 determines the total will be situated adjacent to the Saraswati Hi-tech City project.
contract value to be `320 crs. It additional determines that the The corridor, estimated to cost around `658 crore, is expected
completion period of the project as 27 months from the date of to generate approximately 18,000 jobs and attract investments
commencement of work and 3 months from complete handing totaling about `1,600 crore. It will be strategically located near
over of work. National Highway 35, with easy access to NH-30, Prayagraj railway
On the announcement of the appointment Lalit Aggarwal, Vice station, Naini station, and Prayagraj airport.
Chairman, Signature Global said “This is going to be one of the The Prayagraj corridor will focus on sectors such as e-mobility-
finest projects that we will be executing and will be a crowning based automobiles, food processing, leather articles, readymade
jewel in our portfolio. While I cannot share too many details of the garments, cycle manufacturing, and packaging.
project until it is officially launched, I can definitely share that it In Agra, the designated 1,058-acre site will primarily host non-
will span four and a half acres and exhibit architectural brilliance. polluting industries. With an estimated project cost of `1,812 crore,
Also, it’ll be one of the tallest in the area and Arabian Construction this corridor is projected to create around 70,000 jobs and attract
Company, along with their Indian subsidiary ACC India, is known investments of approximately `3,447 crore. Key sectors for the
for constructing many prominent towers in the Middle East and Agra corridor include leather articles, apparel, food processing,
India, showcasing their proven expertise in delivering this project. medicine, medical consumables, engineering, and fabrication.
We have proudly delivered approximately 11 million sq. ft. across The Agra corridor will be conveniently located 2 km from the
projects and more than 30,000 happy customers since our Yamuna Expressway and NH 19, with Agra Airport 25 km away and
inception in 2014 and have a robust pipeline too.” Jewar Airport 140 km from the site.
On ACCs appointment, Ani Ray, Managing Director, ACC India Minister Goyal indicated that, pending cooperation from state
Pvt Ltd said “It’s a privilege to be associated with Signature Global governments, the corridors are expected to be completed by
for its Twin Towers DXP project and we look forward to completing 2027. Land acquisition for all corridors has been finalized, and
the project in the time limit prescribed. It gives us utmost joy interest from potential investors is already being noted. The
to build homes for the aspiring and growing population in the corridors are part of an effort to alleviate congestion in existing
country. ACC has been associated with landmark projects such as industrial parks and regions.
World ONE (84 floors, 285 Meter) of Lodha Developers in Mumbai; These new corridors will complement the existing industrial
88 East Kolkata of Tata Housing & Keventers, and The 42 (62 floor, project at Dadri, Greater Noida, where the Multi-modal Logistics
255 Meter) besides ongoing projects in Delhi + NCR for DLF, TARC Hub and Multi-modal Transport Hub projects are already under
and Unity Group Projects and others across major metros” construction.

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