Largest ceramic manufacturing cluster bears brunt of gas price hike

The Russia-Ukraine conflict has had an impact on Asia’s largest ceramics manufacturing cluster in Morbi (Gujarat) as the industry is facing natural gas supply and price hike issues.
 

Housing more than 1,000 units that manufacture ceramics and vitrified tiles for both domestic and international markets, the cluster in Morbi largely consumes natural gas supplied by state-run Gujarat Gas.
 

In fact, Morbi accounts for roughly 70 per cent of Gujarat Gas’ industrial gas sales.
 

However, the conflict has led to not only a spike in natural gas price but also challenges in sourcing liquified natural gas (LNG). The ceramics cluster has