JSW Cement Ltd on 10 May said that it will establish a new site in Nagaur, Rajasthan, which will be the company’s first unit in the northern part of the country, said Parth Jindal managing director, JSW Cement in a post on X.
“Extremely proud that JSW Cement is entering North India, we have broken ground at our site in Nagaur, Rajasthan. A new beginning for JSW one that will see us becoming a pan India cement player by 2026. Initially a 3.3mn unit this unit will eventually scale to 15mn over time,” Jindal said.
JSW Cement has a capacity of 19 million tonnes per annum in India as of September last year. It plans to add 2 million tonnes during this calendar year (2023) with a medium-term plan of achieving 60 million tonnes capacity in the next 5 years. The company is expected to invest significantly in various interventions to reduce its carbon emissions during this period.