- Business
- Burnpur Cement Limited Burnpur Cement Limited manufactures and sells cement products in eastern India, operating integrated cement plants in Asansol, West Bengal, and Patratu, Jharkhand; its core offerings include Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC), Portland Pozzolana Cement (PPC), and Portland Slag Cement (PSC), all produced using advanced rotary kiln dry process technology that ensures compliance with Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) norms and ISO 9001 certification, targeting residential construction, commercial complexes, flyovers, bridges, dams, concrete roads, and mass concrete projects for individual and industrial customers. Founded in 1986 as Ashoka Concrete and Allied Industries Pvt. Ltd. and headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal, the company originally commenced cement operations in 1991 at its Asansol facility with a capacity of 0.3 million tonnes per annum, later expanding to an equivalent capacity at Patratu through a backward integration project involving clinkerisation and grinding units at an investment of approximately Rs 300 crore. Recent developments include the renewal of its offtake agreement with UltraTech Cement Limited UltraTech Cement Limited on 1 December 2021 for one year with improved commercial terms under which it sells its entire finished products output; the approval by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Kolkata, of a capital reduction scheme in November 2024; the appointment of Mrs. Rashmi Goyal as non-executive independent director effective 9 October 2025; and the receipt of promoter group reclassification applications to public category in October 2025, alongside ongoing operational challenges reflected in negative book value and low promoter holding.