Displaying items by tag: India
Dalmia Cement’s Calcom plant received fly ash from Uttar Pradesh
15 October 2020India: Dalmia Cement has imported 3830t of fly ash from a National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) power plant in Uttar Pradesh for use at its 0.8Mt/yr-capacity integrated Calcom cement plant in Assam. United News of India has reported that the supplementary cementitious material (SCM) travelled over 1000km.
62.9GW-total capacity NTPC produces 65Mt/yr of fly ash, some of which is used by ACC at its cement plants in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab.
Ramco Cement inaugurates grinding plant in Odisha
14 October 2020India: Naveen Patnaik, the chief minister of Odisha, has attended the inauguration of Ramco Cement’s new cement grinding plant at Haridaspur. The unit had a cost of just under US$100m and has created 105 direct jobs. A LM 46.2+2 CS type vertical roller mill with a capacity of 3750kW has ordered from Germany-based Loesche in 2018 for the project. The cement producer says that the plant is designed to be ‘totally dust free,’ including bag filters designed to ensure emission levels below 30mg/m3.
Odisha to invest US$1.2bn in infrastructure
13 October 2020India: The state of Odisha has announced a US$1.2bn infrastructure investment package aimed at “reviving the industrial economy, which has been impacted by the coronavirus outbreak.” National Business Media News has reported that the plans, encompassing “micro, small, medium and large scale” projects across sectors including cement and steel production, renewable energy and IT and will create “huge job generation avenues” and significantly increase cement demand.
State governor Ganeshi Lal said, “The new industrial units will provide an added impetus to the confidence of investors in the industrial sector.”
JK Cement launches 0.7Mt/yr Balasinor grinding plant
12 October 2020India: JK Cement has started grey cement production at its 0.7Mt/yr-capacity Balasinor grinding plant in Gujarat. Accord Fintech News has reported that the plant, which dispatched its first batch of cement on 10 October 2020, brings JK Cement’s total grey cement production capacity to 4.2Mt/yr.
India: The city corporation of Mysore, Karnataka and non-governmental organisation (NGO) Susthira have announced plans to set up a waste building materials recycling plant. The Projects Today newspaper has reported that the corporation has purchased a 20,000m2 site in the suburb of Kuppalur on which for Susthira to build and operate the plant, which will process waste cement slabs and concrete bricks from construction and demolition sites.
Shree Cement announces Chhattisgarh clinker unit plans
29 September 2020India: Shree Cement has announced that it plans to establish a US$135m clinker production unit in the state of Chhattisgarh. The company has said that the plant will become operational in mid-2022.
Dalmia Cement signs Near-Zero pledge
25 September 2020India: Dalmia Bharat subsidiary Dalmia Cement has joined five leading companies of other sectors in signing the Near-Zero pledge, an industry charter targeting “near-zero carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2050” at the virtual Climate Week NYC. The Times of India newspaper has reported that the pledge consists of a commitment to “undertake carbon sequestration efforts, if needed, and set reporting indicators and targets to enable tracking of corporate goals on the decarbonisation pathway.”
Dalmia Cement urged national governments to “positively enforce targets for efficiency, emissions reduction and circular economy to make carbon neutrality by 2050 a reality.”
Dalmia Cement launches Dalmia Masters
25 September 2020India: Dalmia Bharat subsidiary Dalmia Cement has announced the launch of Dalmia Masters, an online platform for builders using Dalmia products. The company says that the platform “will offer opportunities for skill advancement, best-in-class construction practice sharing and a wide range of rewards.”
Chief operating officer (COO) Ujjwal Batria said, “As a leading cement brand, our product’s validation and recommendation by the contractor and technocrat community plays a large role in our success. Reaching out to thousands of contractors and masons, Dalmia Masters will help redefine what construction professionals can expect from cement brands.”
Executive director and head of marketing Pramesh Arya added, “Dalmia Cement’s outreach to construction professionals has always been pioneering. Dalmia Masters is a robust performance-linked loyalty programme, which will also expand our Future Today promise. The programme respects and celebrates the contractor community’s skill and vision, and will further strengthen the relationship we have built with it.”
India: A public hearing over Birla Corporation subsidiary Reliance Cement’s planned 3.9Mt/yr Mukutban cement plant in Yavatmal district, Maharashtra has raised objections against the company’s quarry plans. The Times of India newspaper has reported that the plant is due to source its limestone from a 7.6km2 quarry in Korpana, Chandrapur district. Critics say that the company has failed to complete a wildlife management plan, and that the site of the mine lies on a 120km wildlife corridor between the Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary and the Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary in neighbouring Telangana. Reliance Cement said that an environmental report had shown the presence of no scheduled species within 10km of the proposed site.
Maharashtra state wildlife board member and honorary wildlife warden Bandu Dhore said, “Although there is no forest area under the proposed mining site, it acts as a regular corridor as there is forest on either side within 1km. We are pursuing the matter with the forest department and would press it with higher officials to ensure that the precious corridor remains undisturbed. Protection of corridors is a must for conservation of wildlife and hence we are going to raise the demand of re-survey of the project site from the wildlife point of view.”
Bashundhara Group plans 4Mt/yr cement plant in eastern Bangladesh
23 September 2020Bangladesh: Bashundhara Group has taken a loan of US$82.0, which it says will go towards the construction of a 4.0Mt/yr cement plant in eastern Bangladesh for a total investment of US$117m. The Daily Star newspaper has reported that the new plant will produce cement primarily for export to northeast India. Bashundhara Group’s two cement plants currently have the capacity to produce 5.1Mt/yr of its King Brand cement.
Bank Asia is the lead arranger for the syndicated loan, which it will provide along with Dhaka Bank, First Security Islami Bank, Pubali Bank, Social Islami Bank and United Commercial Bank. Full repayment is due in 2027.