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Pak-based Lucky Cement intends to set up plant in India

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Pakistan-based Lucky Cement is contemplating to establish a cement plant in India following the successful completion of the feasibility study. The Lucky Cement was encouraged for the move after initiating its foreign cement projects (manufacturing units in Iraq and Congo).

Muhammad Rehan Khan an analyst quoting an Indian business newspaper, claimed the company was exploring possibilities to establish the unit in the North-Western region, Amritsar.

Lucky has not issued any official announcement regarding this development, it transpired that the company was currently evaluating various options including India and Sri Lanka. Moreover, Lucky Cement has started consulting the government authorities in both India and Pakistan to comply with the Foreign Direct Investment policy in India (FDI).

India has overturned a ban on FDI from Pakistan as part of an effort to boost economic ties. Presently, the company is catering the need of neighboring country by exporting its product and has successfully established its brand in the Indian market while the management of the company has also repeatedly highlighted the lucrativeness of Indian cement market owing to its huge area and growing middle class.

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Cement industry to gain from new infrastructure spending

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As per a news report, Karan Adani, ACC Chair, has said that he expects the cement industry to benefit from the an anticipated US$2.2tn in new public infrastructure spending between 2025 and 2030. In a statement he said that ACC has crossed the 100Mt/yr cement capacity milestone in April 2025, propelling the company to get closer to its ambitious 140Mt/yr target by the 2028 financial year. The company’s capacity corresponds to 15 per cent of an all-India installed capacity of 686Mt/yr.

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AI boom drives demand, says ACA

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The American Cement Association projects a nearly 1Mt annual increase in US cement demand over the next three years, driven by the surge in AI data centres. Consumption by data centres is expected to grow from 247,000 tonnes in 2025 to 860,000 tonnes by 2027. With over 5,400 AI data centres currently operating and numbers forecast to exceed 6,000 by 2027, the association cautions that regulatory hurdles and labour shortages may impact the industry’s ability to meet demand.

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GoldCrest Cement to build plant in India

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GoldCrest Cement will build a greenfield integrated plant with a 3.5Mt/yr clinker capacity and 4.5Mt/yr cement capacity. GoldCrest Cement appointed Humboldt Wedag India as engineering, procurement and construction contractor in March 2025 and targets completion by March 2027. It has signed a 40-year supply agreement with Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation for 150Mt of limestone from its upcoming Lakhpat Punrajpur mine in Gujarat.

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