JK Cements resumes production at Karnataka facility

JK Cements today said it has resumed production at its 3-million tonne per annum Karnataka facility which was temporarily stopped following caving in of the silo roof.
"Production of Clinker and cement has resumed with operation of the Kiln by making an alternate arrangement using two RBC belts for feeding the clinker directly to the Cement Mill," J K Cement said in a BSE filing.
It said production was temporarily halted on January 27 at company's 3 MTPA grey cement manufacturing unit - JK Cement Works, Baglakot, Karnataka due to sudden caving-in of the clinker silo roof.
The company has said that though the output has been halted cement available with its depots had served the market.

While halting production it has said that alternate arrangement for operation of Kiln is being initiated which is expected to normalise the clinker and cement production within 15 days from this unit but restoration of clinker silo is expected to take six months time.
The actual loss is being assessed by the company.

The cement maker had reported a marginal 2 per cent increase in standalone net profit at Rs 17.09 crore for the quarter ended December 31 as against Rs 16.73 crore in the year-ago period.
JK Cement has an installed grey cement capacity of 10.5 MTPA making it one of the leading manufacturers in the country.

The company is the second-largest manufacturer of white cement in India, with an annual capacity of 600,000 tonnes in India. It also claims to be the second largest producer of wall putty in the country with an annual installed capacity of 5,00,000 tonnes.
JK Cement has an installed grey cement capacity of 10.5 MTPA (million tonnes per annum).