Cement Corporation of India, once a sick PSU, has proposed to set up a new cement grinding unit in Assam.

Mr Praful Patel minister of heavy industries and public enterprises said that “Cement Corporation of India proposes to establish a cement grinding unit at Baikunthapur in the district of Cachar in Assam.”

He said that the proposed unit would have an installed capacity of 82,500 tonnes per annum on a single shift basis at a cost of INR 39.68 crore.

The unit is proposed to grind fly ash along with clinker to be transported from the company’s Bokajan cement unit in Assam for producing Portland Pozzolana cement.

Mr Patel added that “About 98.36 bighas of land for the grinding unit has been acquired and a work order for design, engineering, manufacture, supply of equipment and commissioning has been given.”

(Sourced from BL)