Birla Corp. mulling cement plant in Ethiopia
June 28th, 2012 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANSKolkata, June 28 (IANS) Birla Corporation, a flagship company of the M.P. Birla Group, is mulling setting up its first overseas cement plant in Ethiopia, a top company official said here Thursday.
The company has formed a wholly-owned subsidiary, Birla Corp. Cement Manufacturing Plc, in the African country and bagged the licence for limestone mining. It has also applied for a coal mining permit there, company chairman Harsh V. Lodha told mediapersons on the sidelines of the Annual General Meeting.
“We are mulling overseas plans. We have already set up a subsidiary to apply for the required licences,” Lodha said.
The company has started looking for overseas ventures following the Jodhpur High Court’s ban on limestone mining at its Chanderia plant in Rajasthan since August last year.
Once the Kolkata-based company gets the coal mining permit, it would conduct a market study to firm up the next step.
The company is also looking at other overseas ventures, but Lodha did not disclose details.
Lodha said the company’s performance has been affected as it is procuring raw materials from distant areas for the Chanderia Cement plant, whose capacity has been increased by 1.2 million tonnes in March.
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