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- Burnpur Cement Limited Burnpur Cement Limited manufactures and sells cement products primarily in eastern India. The company produces Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC), Portland Pozzolana Cement (PPC), and Portland Slag Cement (PSC); its products comply with BIS standards and carry ISO certifications including ISO 9001. Operations span facilities in Asansol, West Bengal, with a capacity of 0.3 million metric tonnes per annum, and Patratu, Jharkhand, featuring an integrated plant using rotary kiln dry process technology for clinkerisation and grinding at 0.3 million metric tonnes per annum; it serves residential, commercial, infrastructure projects such as flyovers, bridges, dams, and roads, targeting customers from individual consumers to large industries across West Bengal, Jharkhand, and Bihar, with past exports to Bangladesh. Founded in 1986 as Ashoka Concrete and Allied Industries Pvt. Ltd. and headquartered in Asansol, West Bengal, the company underwent name changes to Burnpur Cement Pvt. Ltd. in 2001 before converting to a public limited entity listed on NSE and BSE. Recent developments include NCLT approval in November 2024 for a capital reduction scheme lowering equity share capital from Rs 86.12 crore to Rs 17.22 crore to optimize structure; receipt in October 2025 of promoter group reclassification requests; multiple board changes such as additional independent director appointments and resignations in 2025; and historical divestment of the Patratu grinding plant to UltraTech Cement Limited along with extensions to related agreements.