UltraTech Cement Limited

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UltraTech is a part of the ABG, one of India’s largest and most reputable conglomerates and a long-standing client of IFC in Egypt, India, Thailand and Indonesia. ABG operates in 33 countries with more than 133,000 employees worldwide. The group has diversified business interests in viscose staple fiber, viscose filament yarn, branded apparel, metals, cement, carbon black, chemicals, fertilizers, insulators, financial services, telecom and IT services. UltraTech, a listed company, has 12 integrated cement manufacturing plants, 15 grinding units, 5 bulk terminals and more than 100 ready mix concrete plants, spanning India, UAE, Bahrain, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka with a capacity of 52 million tons per annum (Mtpa). The proposed project comprises a brown field expansion at Ultratech’s operational integrated plant in Chhattisgarh. Located on 389 ha of land, the existing operation of RCW was commissioned in 1995. The existing facilities and ongoing expansion (“Project”), which is expected to become operational by early 2013, include:Activity / Unit Existing Proposed Total after ProjectClinkerisation Unit 2.1 Mtpa 4.4.Mtpa 6.5 MtpaCement Line 3.3 Mtpa 3.2 Mtpa 6.5 MtpaCoal fired captive power plant 50 MW 30 MW 80 MW (Coal fired)Backup power with DG sets 12 MW - 12 MW (DG)Waste Heat Recovery (WHR) based power plant - 15 MW 15 MW (WHR based)Capacity expansion of existing Jhipan mines (723 Ha) 2.8Mtpa 4.7 Mtpa 7.5 MtpaNew limestone mines in Guma (157Ha) - 3.2 Mtpa 3.2 MtpaConveyer belt from Jhipan mines 1 X 4 km 1 X 4 km 2 X 4 km (running parallel)Conveyor Belt from Guma mines - 1 X 4.5 km 1 X 4.5 km Railway Siding 1 1 2 Coal Washery, Housing Colony, Hospital, etc. In place - -The Project is located in the villages Rawan, Jhipan, and Guma of Chhattisgarh state, located 80 km from the nearest airport in Raipur and 17 km from the nearest railway station. The project location can be found in Google Maps at:goo.gl/maps/yYyCm. The proposed brownfield expansion is inside the existing premises of RCW. For the brownfield expansion, major civil construction has been completed and mechanical and electrical (M&E) erection and commissioning are in progress. For the proposed Guma Mines, nearly 80% of the required land has already been purchased from approximately 200 title holders. The remaining land purchases are pending government approvals as this land belongs to families of indigenous people (IP), also defined as "Scheduled Tribes" (ST) under Indian law.The land purchase for the conveyor belt for Guma mines will start once the alignment is finalized and may impact an additional 100 odd households.