UltraTech Cement, part of Aditya Birla Group (ABG), has reportedly received approval from Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC), under the Ministry of Environment, to set up a cement plant in Tamil Nadu. The company is planning to set up a cement plant with 5.5 Million Metric Tonnes Per Annum (MMTPA) cement and a 75 mega watt (MW) captive power plant, with an investment of Rs 2,500 crore. The plant is coming up at Villages in Karur and Dindigul districts and will spread across 136.23 hectare, including private land - 119.44 hectare and Government land - 16.79 hectare.
UltraTech manufactures and markets Ordinary Portland Cement, Portland Blast Furnace Slag Cement and Portland Pozzalana Cement. The company has 11 integrated plants, one white cement plant, one clinkerisation plant in UAE, 15 grinding units 11 in India, 2 in UAE, one in Bahrain and Bangladesh each and five terminals, four in India and one in Sri Lanka.
