Top cement companies in India

You must be amazed with the fact that India is the second largest cement manufacturer after China. It has been made possible because of enormous growth in the infrastructure and construction sector in India for the last 2 decades. Major cement manufacturers in India are big group of companies, which holds about 80% market. Below is a list of top cement companies in India, these are top cement manufactures; which caters the largest Indian and overseas market.

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ACC Limited

ACC limited is a Partner Company of Holcim group and it is the best cement company in India. Also, ACC limited is a major player in the area of ready mix concrete company. ACC limited has substantially held the market leadership and they achieved the sales volume of 24.11 million tons cement in the year 2012. Company’s headquarter is located in Mumbai and has 16 cement manufacturing plants within the country.
List of ACC cement plants in India

State	Plant Location
Karnataka	New Wadi, Wadi, Kudithini, Thondebhavi
Maharastra	Chanda
Tamilnadu	Madukkarai
Rajasthan	Lakheri
Jharkhand	Sindri, Chaibasa
Utter Pradesh	Tikaria
Andhra Pradesh	Vizag
Madhya Pradesh	Kymore, Gagal
Himachal Pradesh	Bilaspur
West Bangal	Damodhar
Orissa	Bargarh

UltraTech Cement

UltraTech cement limited, an Aditya Birla group company  has total 22 plants located all across the India. UltraTech manufactures all types of cements including white cement, rapid hardening and ordinary Portland pozzolana cement. Furthermore, UltraTech cement is the largest white cement manufacturer in India.
List of UltraTech cement Plants in India

State	Plant Location
Maharashtra	Awarpur
Rajasthan	Kotputli, Kharia Khangar (Jodhpur), Adityapuram ( Chittorgarh)
Andhra Pradesh	Bhogasamudram
Chattisgarh	Hirmi, Rawan (Raipur)
Madhya Pradesh	Neemuch
Tamil Nadu	Reddipalayam
Karnataka	Gulberga
Gujrat	Kovaya ( Amreli), Jafrabad,

Jaypee Cement

Jaypee group is one of the big corporate house and well-known Indian group in the area of infrastructure, power, real state and road construction. Jaypee group started the cement business in year 2001 and become 3^rd best cement company in India having capacity to produce about 37.5 MTPA.
List of Jaypee Cement plants in India

State	Plant Location
Madhya Pradesh	Rewa, Bela, Sidhi, Satna, Majhigawan
Gujrat	Sewagram, Wanakbori,
Himachal Pradesh	Bagheri, Baga
Utrakhand	Roorkee
Chattisgarh	Bhilai,
Andhra Pradesh	Jaggayyapeta
Jharkhand	Bokaro (SAIL Joint venture)
Uttar Pradesh	Sadhwakhurd, Tanda, Sonebhadra, Chunar, Sikandrabad
Haryana	Khukhrana (Panipat)

Ambuja Cement

Ambuja cement is also one of the leading cement manufacturers in India. Company has started the cement production in year 1986. It is also a part of the Halcim Group and has a capacity to produce about 27 metric tons of cement per annum.

List of Ambuja Cement Plants in India

State	Plant Location
Himachal Pradesh	Darlaghat
Punjab	Ropar, Bhatinda
Rajasthan	Pali
Gujrat	Kodinar
West Bangal	Sankrail
Chhattisgarh	Bhatapara

Shree Cement

Shree cement is a well known company in the area of cement manufacturing. It has been producing cement in three popular brand; Shree ultra, Bangur and Rockstrong cement. Shree cement is presently producing around 13.5 million tons of cement per annum.
List of Shree Cement Plants in India

State	Plant Location
Rajasthan	Jobner ( Jaipur), Beawer, Ras, Khushkhera ( Bhiwadi), Suratgarh
Uttaranchal	Laksar (Roorkee)

India Cements

India cement is one of the oldest cement manufacturers in India, Which started cement production in year the 1946 at Sankargarh in Tamilnadu. Since then it has setup total 9 plants with a capacity to produce about 14 million tons of cement per annum.
List of India cement Plants in India

State	Plant Location
Tamilnadu	Sanakgarh, Dalavoi, Sankri, Chennai
Andhra Pradesh	Yeramguntla, Chillarkur, Vishnupuram, Malkapur

Ramco Cement

Ramco Cement is a part of Madras cement limited and has total 5 cement manufacturing units in the southern region of India with a total production capacity of 13 million tons per annum. Not only Ramco a top cement companies in India but it has great reputation in ready mix concrete manufacturing.
List of Ramco cement plant in India

State	Plant Location
Tamil Nadu	Ariyalur, Alathiyur, Virudhunagar,
Karnataka	Mathodu (Chitradurga)
Andhra Pradesh	Jayanthipuram

Prism Cement

Prism cement plant is located at Mankhari in Satna district, which is largest solitary kiln cement plant in the country. Company has earned the respect of investors and potential growth in cement manufacturing made one of the top cement manufactures in the country.
Prism cement Plants in India

State	Plant Location
Madhya Pradesh	Mankhari (Satna)

JK cement

JK cement is among  the top cement manufactures in India. It started the cement manufacturing in the year 1975 at Nimbahera in Rajasthan, since then it has total 4 grey cement plants with a capacity to produce 7.5 MTPA. JK cement is second largest white cement manufacturers after UltraTech with a capacity of 3 lacs tons per annum.
JK cement Plants in India

State	Plant Location
Rajasthan	Nimbahera, Mangrol (Chittorgarh), Gotan, Gotan (White cement)
Karnataka	Mudhol (Bagalkot)

Rain cement

Rain cement is a part of the Rain commodities limited and it has 2 plants in Andhra Pradesh. They started manufacturing of cement in the year 1986. Rain cement caters the market under the name of Priya cement. It has a production capacity of about 3 MTPA.
List of Rain cement plants in India

State	Plant Location
Andhra Pradesh	MellachervuMandal, PeapullyMandal

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