Cement, Energy and Environment

MADRAS CEMENTS' ALATHIYUR WORKS GETS ISO 14001 ACCREDITATION- The Tally moves up to 34 cement plants Alathiyur Works of Madras Cements received ISO 14001 Certification for Environmental Management Sys tems on 29 th March 2002. Granted by the Bureau of Indian Standards, the licence covers all activities of the Alathiyur Works comprising the manufacture and supply of cement of different grades, and the mines. It will be valid for a period of three years, i.e. up to 28th March 2005. This takes the tally of cement plants with ISO 14001 accred itation to 34. Since our last reporting (Vol 5, No 3, p13), the following six plants have obtained the accredi ta tion: ACC-Chanda Grasim Cement Kesoram Cement L&T,A.P. Manikgarh Cement Shriram Cements BINANI l.E!\t~ L~ 1.. ~ t2U ... \ti·l Y C.l'f{CLE tl i \.GS ~CQC .. S .VIERITOR!(YU., PER FOR ,\1A. !~Cf < \ \Jth\ RD FOR 2001 ~ The "Oorja therm" Qua lity Circle o f Binani Cement's Thermal Power Plant received the Meritorious Performance Award for the year 2001 at the National Convention of Quality Circles (NCQC) held in Secunderabad during 20th - 23rd December 2001. The Award was in recognitio n of the presentation made by Oorja therm Quality Circle among some 272 presenta,t ions by the Quality Circles from different industries all over India including well known companies like BHEL, NTPC Tata SteeC SundaramClayton, Hindalco, e tc. Another case study by the 'Pratap' Quality Circle of the Mines & Crusher Section of Binani Cement's Plant, recommended for presentation by NCQC' s local chapter of Rajasand, Rajasthan also received high appreciation a t the Convention.