Cement News tagged under: india
India’s cement producers to pay for NABL tests05 April 2022, Published under Cement NewsTo ensure supplied cement meets quality standards, India’s cement manufacturers will need to absorb the testing costs at laboratories approved by the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL). Each tests costs INR20,000 (US$265.30). The system was introduced by the Civil Supplies Corp. Cement is supplied at subsidised rates to the state governments by Ambuja Cements , UltraTech Cement , ACC Cement and Duraton. The subsidised rate levied by the producer... |
JSW Cement signs waste deal with Punjab Renewable Energy Systems05 April 2022, Published under Cement NewsJSW Cement has signed an agreement with Punjab Renewable Energy Systems (PRESPL) to use agricultural waste as a source of biomass energy in its cement manufacturing units. JSW Cement will lessen its reliance on fossil fuels by using agri-waste as a fuel. This sustainable fuel approach improves local air quality while simultaneously providing farmers with additional income. |
Essential reference explores the cement industry’s digital transformation01 April 2022, Published under Cement NewsIntelligent and sustainable cement production A new publication providing an in-depth exploration of the digital transformation of cement production with practical insights for its application has been launched. Edited by Anjan Kumar Chatterjee and published by CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Intelligent and Sustainable Cement Production - Transforming to Industry 4.0 Standards is the perfect place to start in terms of understanding the potential for and means of the di... |
Birla's Mukutban plant begins clinker dispatch31 March 2022, Published under Cement NewsBirla Corp ’s newest cement plant, Reliance Cement Co ’s Mukutban integrated plant, has started dispatching clinker. The clinker is being delivered to the company’s nearest grinding unit at Butibori, Maharashtra. Shri Arvind Pathak, MD and CEO of Birla Cement Corp, flagged off the maiden consignment of the clinker-laden truck. The Mukutban plant near Nagpur has a clinker capacity of 2.68Mta and a cement capacity of 3.9Mta. Its captive thermal power plant has a generation capacity of 40MW... |
Shree Cement starts commercial production at Baloda Bazar29 March 2022, Published under Cement NewsShree Cement has started commercial production at company's Kiln No 3 clinkerisation unit at Baloda Bazar , near Raipur in Chhattisgarh, India. The facility has a clinker capacity of 12,000tpd (4Mta). Earlier on 16 March, the company announced that it commenced trial run of its new clinker unit. The plant augment company's clinker supply to its various grinding units in eastern region. |
Shiva Cement received environmental clearance for Orissa plant expansion28 March 2022, Published under Cement NewsIndia-based Shiva Cement , owned by JSW Cement , has received environmental clearance from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to expand its cement plant in Kutra, Orissa, to 3Mta clinker capacity and 2Mta cement capacity. The project includes the installation of a 12MW waste heat recovery power generation system. The company will mine limestone from the Khathurbahal North block with a production capacity of 1.6Mta limestone and 0.035Mta mineral reject, 0.033Mta of top... |
Shree Cement starts trials at Chattisgarh clinker unit17 March 2022, Published under Cement NewsIndia-based Shree Cement has started trial run of its new clinkerisation unit (Kiln 3) at its integrated plant in Baloda Bazar, near Raipur in Chhattisgarh. The Baloda Bazar plant currently has a clinker capacity of 5.2Mta and a cement capacity of 3Mta. Alongside the kiln, the company has also installed a waste heat recovery power plant. |
Dalmia Cement's Kattamateru plant is supported by villagers15 March 2022, Published under Cement NewsA public hearing for environmental clearance of the proposed Dalmia Cement Bharat Ltd factory at Kattamateru has been held by the district administration. Nearly 250 people from the various affected villages of Mattapakka, Niliguda and Sikhpally attended the meeting. They extended their conditional support to the cement factory while voicing demands like employment, healthcare, road connectivity and other facilities for land losers. Addressing affected villagers, deputy executive direc... |
Punjab to establish new cement plant14 March 2022, Published under Cement NewsA meeting of India’s Cabinet Committee on Legislative Business chaired by Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Muhammad Basharat Raja, has approved setting up of a new cement plant in Punjab, India. Permission for enhancement of production capacity of two existing cement plants was also approved during the meeting, reports The new International. No further details were revealed. |
Ambuja Cements and ACC commission second phase of Bubble Barrier project04 March 2022, Published under Cement NewsAmbuja Cements and ACC Ltd ( Holcim Group ), through its in-house waste management arm, Geocycle, continues to remove plastic waste by commissioning its second phase of bubble barrier technology in Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) Lake located in Sunder Nagar, Himachal Pradesh, India. Bubble Barrier is a smart and non-invasive technology that is used to remove plastic from the water bodies, reducing the problem of marine plastic pollution. The project will remove approximately... |