Tamil Nadu CM Launches TANCEM’s ‘Valimai’ Cement Brand

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin launched ‘Valimai’ -- a new cement brand from Tamil Nadu Cements Corporation Limited (TANCEM), a State government undertaking. The two varieties of the Valimai cement brand are priced at ?350 and ?365 a bag, Industries Minister Thangam Thennarasu said. The new cement brand had greater compression strength and quick setting, and was also heat resistant. TANCEM initially operated with one cement plant at Alangulam in Virudhunagar district with a capacity of 2 lakh MT per annum. It eventually operated two more cement plants in Ariyalur district with a total capacity of 17 lakh MT per annum. It has been marketing a cement brand named ‘Arasu.’ The brand has been introduced after complaints that a rise in cost of construction materials has hit construction activities in the State, is aimed at bringing down prices.