Global Cement Awards 2006
'For excellent in cement'
Winners and runners-up
The first Global Cement Awards were awarded at the 6th European Cement Conference and Exhibition
13-14 March 2006, London
| Category | Winners (and winning value) and runners up (HM=honourable mention) |
| Lowest specific energy consumption, raw meal grinding | Winner: Lafarge Cement Cizkovice works (10.36kWh/t) Runners up: Grasim Cement, Cement Division South (13.42kWh/t) Kesoram Industries, Vasavadatta (16.21kWh/t) HM: Grasim Cement, Raipur; Kerman Cement, Iran |
| Lowest specific energy consumption, clinker grinding | Winner: Grasim Cement, Raipur (22.27kWh/t) Runners up: Grasim Cement, Cement Division South (25.64kWh/t) Kesoram Industries, Vasavadatta Cement (38.72kWh/t) |
| Lowest specific electrical energy consumption/tonne of cement produced | Winner: Kesoram Industries, Vasavadatta (64.87kWh/t cement) Runners up: Grasim Cement, Raipur (69.87kWh/t cement) Grasim Cement, Aditya Cement Chittorgarh (86.83kWh/t cement)) |
| Kiln reliability | Winner: ACC, Lakheri Works (955.2 hours between stops) Runners up: Grasim Cement, Aditya Cement Chittorgarh (190 hours between stops) Grasim Cement, Raipur (471.47 hours between stops) HM: Kesoram Industries, Vasavadatta, |
| Lowest injury incidence rate | Winner: Grasim Cement, Cement Division South (zero, 300 workers) Runner up: UltraTech Cement Tadpatri plant, Aditya Birla Group (0.295, 1086 workers) HM: Grasim Cement, Aditya Cement Chittorgarh; Grasim Cement, Raipur |
| Most innovative scheme for environmental impact abatement | Winner: Mitsubish Cement Corp., Cushenberry plant (Tyres and biosolids project) Runners up: Arabian Cement Co., Rabigh plant (Dedusting and dust monitoring project) Grasim Cement, Cement Division South (conservation of resources using overburden as raw material source) |
| Lowest specific CO2 emission | Winner: Wopfinger Baustoffindustrie GmbH (57kg CO2/t) Runners up: Grasim Cement, Aditya Cement Chittorgarh (740kg CO2/t) Grasim Cement, Raipur (651kg CO2/t) HM: Grasim Cement, Cement Division South |
| Most innovative transport or handling solution | Special award: Cemex Rugby (ISO-veyor project for fly-ash transport to Heathrow Terminal 5) |
Short-listed entries were invited to the presentation ceremony at the Sheraton Skyline Hotel in London, 14 March 2006. Winners were awarded the Global Cement Award trophy 2006.
