India’s Malabar Cements to import 1.32mn tonnes of raw materials

Malabar Cements (MCL) of India plans to import 1.32 million tonnes of limestone, sand, clinker, coal and other materials for production after the company received approval to establish a US$25.19 million (INR 1.6 billion) bulk handling cement unit in Kochi's Willingdon Island. MCL has finalised a tender to import 30,000tonnes of clinker from the Middle East by January 2015 for its clinker grinding plant at Alappuzha in Kerala. The company also plans to buy 1,300tonnes of fly ash per day from Udupi Power Co
January 7, 2015 Read time: 1 min

RSS7964 Malabar Cements (MCL) of India plans to import 1.32 million tonnes of limestone, sand, clinker, coal and other materials for production after the company received approval to establish a US$25.19 million (INR 1.6 billion)  bulk handling cement unit in Kochi's Willingdon Island. MCL has finalised a tender to import 30,000tonnes of clinker from the Middle East by January 2015 for its clinker grinding plant at Alappuzha in Kerala. The company also plans to buy 1,300tonnes of fly ash per day from Udupi Power Corporation, TANGEDCO and Hindustan Newsprint and transport it on railways. MCL has a 420,000 tonnes/year plant in Walayar and a 200,000tonnes/year clinker grinding unit in Alappuzha.

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