Star Cement

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Star Cement
FormerlyCement Manufacturing Company
Type Public
Industry Building materials
Founded2 November 2001
FounderSajjan Bhajanka
Headquarters Northeast India,
India
Products Cement
Website starcement.co.in

Star Cement (formerly known as Cement Manufacturing Company) is a cement manufacturing company in India, who are the largest cement manufacturer in Northeast India. [1] [2]

History

It was founded by Sajjan Bhajanka and Sanjay Agarwal [3] on 2 November 2001 under the name "Cement Manufacturing Company Limited." The company is engaged with selling and manufacturing of cement. Star Cement's manufacturing plants are located at Khliehriat and Guwahati. [4] The company has occupied more than 500 to 1,000 hectares of land in Jaintia Hills district. [5] It obtains coal from local market for fuel at the price of 8,000 rupees for 1 tonne. [6] In 14 December 2020, a blast occurred at 8:40 P.M. in which 2 people were injured. [7] In January 2021, it expanded its business to East India [8] by making a new plant in West Bengal which worth 4.5 billion. [9] In August 2021, the company approves of share buy back proposal. In June 2022, the company invested 17-18 billion rupees for doubling capacity of clinker and adding capacity of 4 million tonnes to grinding [10] and donated 10 millions to Assam CM’s Relief Fund. [11] [12]

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