Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals to invest Rs 3500 cr for expansion

Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited (GACL), the Vadodara-based caustic soda manufacturer, plans to invest Rs 3500 crores in expansion and new projects for caustic soda and other products.
 
“The expansion projects involve augmenting the existing capacities of caustic soda, chloromethane, and phosphoric acid besides caustic potash at its Dahej plant. The caustic soda capacity is being expanded by 1200 tonne per day (TPD), that of chloromethane by 600 TPD, phosphoric acid by 300 TPD and the caustic potash to 120 TPD,” said a GACL press release.
 
A 120 Megawatt coal-based power project will also come up at Dahej as part of the expansion plan.
 
Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals is also exploring the possibility of setting up a new caustic soda plant at Bhavnagar, Gujarat, with a capacity of 600 TPD and another new plant in Eastern India with a capacity of 300 TPD. Alternatively, GACL may also consider to acquire an existing caustic soda manufacturing plant with a similar capacity in Eastern part of the country.