CEE Jan-Mar 2012

• SYNTHESIS OF ALINITE CEMENT USING SODA SOLID WASTE Pollution Control • US SETS MERCURY EMISSION LIMITS Climate Change & Global Warming EMISSIONS IMBALANCE- INDIA'S EMISSIONS AMONG THE LOWEST IN THE WORLD • INDIA CLUBBED WITH DEVELOPED POLLUTERS AT DURBAN , WILY WEST MANAGES TO LOCK IN LOW REDUCTION TARGETS DURBAN DEAL CLIMATE TALKS AT DURBAN TO DECIDE FUTURE OF CARBON MARKETS WHAT DURBAN DID NOT DISCUSS • EQUITY: THE NEXT FRONTIER IN CLIMATE TALKS MUCH MEDIA REPORTING OF CLIMATE CHANGE EXAGGERATES ITS IMPACT, IT'S NECESSARY TO GET REAL NOW TAIWAN CEMENT, ITRIIN JV FOR CARBON CAPTURE • WBCSD'S LOW CARBON TECHNOLOGY ROAD MAP FOR INDIAN CEMENT INDUSTRY PM: GROWTH NOT AT COST OF ENVIRONMEt-it ' -~leanDevelopment Mechanism (COM) & Carbon Trading , • THE INVISIBLE HAND -INDUSTRY GETS WHAT IT WANTED ON COM t' • NEWS BRIEF I • Energy , " • COAL PRICES SET TO CHANGE I ~ • • • NEW COAL PRICING SYSTEM MAY BE SUSPENDED I() • INDIA CEMENT ACQUIRES COAL MINE IN INDONESIA COAL DEMAND TO GROW BY 600,000 TID OVER NEXT FIVE YEARS, lEA WARNS COAL IMPORTS MAY JUMP TO 114 MT IN 2011-12 • WORLD COAL PRICES SET TO RISE IN NEXT 5 YRS: lEA ADITYA BIRLA MAY BID FOR INDONESIA COAL FIRM STAKE • • • • • • • BIRLA CORP TO SWITCH DURGAPUR UNIT TO GAS FROM COAL COS FACE 3-FOLD HIKE IN DUTY ON CAPTIVE ELECTRICITY IN STATE COAL RATES REVISION SET TO IMPACT CEMENT, STEEL, ALUMINIUM SECTORS COAL PRICE SURGE: POWER MINISTRY SEEKS SCRAPPING OF IMPORT DUTY ELECTRICITY TO COST 60 PAISE/UNIT ¥ORE ON NEW COAL PRICE FORMULA POWER MINISTRY ENDORSES TRIPLING DUTY ON C(HINA EQUIPMENT HEFTY HIKE IN DUTY ON CAPTIVE POWER PLANTS IRKS INDUSTRIES Alternative Energy, Fuels & Raw Materials • ALTERNATIVE FUELS IN THE CEMENT INDUSTRY • ALTERNATIVE FUELS TO COAL • CEMEX USES FUEL WASTE TO POWER KILNS Renewable Energy • STATES: TIME FOR TRYST WITH GREEN ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY 1,-j., RENEWABLE ROAD MAP • FOREIGN FUNDS TO BOOST INDIA'S RE SECTOR • GENERATION BASED INCENTIVE SCHEME INTRODUCED EU'S NEW TARGET: RE BY 2030 MANDATORY • EU'S NEW ENERGY TAXATION RULES TO FAVOUR RE, REDUCE C02 • RENEWABLE POWER TRUMPS FOSSIL FUELS FOR FIRST TIME '" 14 - 20 20 20 21 21 - 22 22-23 23 23 - 26 ' 26 - 27 27 - 28 28-29 29-30 30- 31 31 - 32 32 '9: 32 ~-33 33 b 33 ".33- 34 .;. 34 - 35 35 35- 36 36 36-37 37 37 37 37- 38 38 38 - 39 39 39 - 40 40 40-45 45-47 r 47 47 47 - 50 . ~ , 50- 51 51- 52 ~ 53 ,, ,, 53 53-54 54 54-55