Reliance Cement forays into Jharkhand

Reliance Cement Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Infrastructure, today said it would start sales in Jharkhand, the fourth state in the country where its products would be available.
"Reliance Cement Company Private Ltd announced its entry into the Jharkhand market, thereby expanding its footprint in the domestic market," the company said in a statement.
"Jharkhand is one of the most important cement markets in eastern India. Demand in the state is expected to grow exponentially due to upcoming power and steel plants and other mineral-based industries," Arvind Pathak, Chief Executive Officer of Reliance Cement, said in the statement.

Reliance Cement already sells its products in cities of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
The company will also provide training to masons and contractors across Jharkhand, according to the statement.
Reliance Cement currently has a production capacity of 5.5 million tonnes per annum of the building material, with plants operational in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
It is building a 5 million tonne per annum cement plant in Maharashtra.