Jk LaKshmi Cement targets 10 mn tonne capacity

Mumbai : Indicating one mid-size domestic buy out,J K Lakshmi Cement aims to stick to its capacity addition target of having 10 million tonnes per annum(mpta) by 2012-13 against 4.7 mpta now.The company is currently setting up a 0.55 mpta grinding unit at Jhajpur in Rajasthan which will go on stream by the end of current year taking its installed cement making capacity to 5.3 mtpa. it is also in the process of starting construction work for a new plant at Drug in Chhattisgarh having an installed capacity of 2.7 mpta.The company expects the Rs 1,200 crore plant to go on stream by March 2013.J K Lakshmi Cement has two manufacturing plants,one each in Rajasthan and Gujarat,and essentially caters to the western and northern markets of the country.