Report: Status & issues with key manufacturing based Greenfield
projects in India
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Edit : Nilesh Kumar (Research & Advisory)
M/s Marix Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited (MCFL), has proposed for setting up of a
Greenfield Ammonia/Urea Complex of 1 Mn MTPA in Burdwan District, West Bengal.
land has been identified by the state Government.
Gulbarga is hovering to become a cement manufacturing hub. Gulbarga has about one
seventh of the country’s limestone reserves. Clearances have been given to all the plan
developers, and these cement plants are expected to be complete within the next three-
four years. Projects by Zuari, Vicat Sagar, Shree Cement, Reliance, India Cements,
Chettinad are to come up in this region. [Reports: Monday, May 10, 2010]
Vicat Sagar is likely to set up a dry-process greenfield cement plant in Karnataka. The
cement plant capacity will be nearly 5.5 million tonne per annum based on two clinker
production lines, each with a daily capacity of 6,000 tonne. The first production line of
cement is expected to commence in 2012. [Reports: Monday, July 12, 2010]
Hindalco is setting up a Greenfield Aluminium Smelter Project in Madhya Pradesh
(Mahan Project) with a capacity of 359,000 TPA of aluminium supported by 900 MW
captive power plant at a cost (including financing cost) of Rs. 10,500 crore. Financial
closure achieved.
Chemplast Sanmar is a major manufacturer of PVC resins, chlorochemicals and piping
systems. It commissioned a greenfield PVC project at Cuddalore , Tamil Nadu,in
September 2009 with an annual capacity of 170,000 tons.
Ceat Tyres has just commenced trial production at a new Rs 650-crore plant at Halol (will
manufacture radials), Gujarat. This is a greenfield project for passenger cars and truck and
bus radials with a capacity of 150 tonnes per day (tpd). Ceat is also establishing a new
plant at Ambernath, outside Mumbai (for which land has already been granted).
Siemens AG plans to make India’s its global hub for manufacturing key steel plant
equipment. Siemens VAI Metal Technologies — the steel technology arm of the
multinational — has been designated to manufacture five products — ladle furnace,
vacuum degasser, billet caster, small and medium capacity sinter plant and blast furnace
— for global clientele. Three more products —electric arc furnace, converter car and wet
de-duster — are also in the pipeline for manufacture in India. Siemens VAI plans to set up
its second unit in the country to suit the new strategy. The company is scouting for land in
Bhilai, Visakhapatnam, Nashik and Kharagpur to locate the second plant.
The RPG Group plans to set up a carbon black project in Tamil Nadu with a proposed
annual production of 1.5 lakh tones. In-principle allotment of 60 acres at the SIPCOT
Industrial park in Thervoy Kandigai in Tamil Nadu near the Ennore port. Have applied for
environmental clearances.
Galaxy Surfactants (Galaxy) is setting up a Greenfield surfactant unit, a new
manufacturing facility at Gujarat and debottlenecking of units at Taloja and Tarapur.
Status Other Manufacturing Greenfield projects Q4 2009 – Q4 2010