Cement, Energy and Environment

would go on sale in 2012. 'The light is a natural, sunlight-type of lighting with full colour range. It gives you all kinds of potential for how you do lighting,' he said. Lacey said it could be used to make flexible screens that could POLYSIUS SUPPLIES TWO 12000 TPD KILNS SYSTEMS IN CHINA Following the success of two 10 000 tpd cement clinker kiln lines from Polysius that have been in operation at Anhui Conch Cement since 2004. Wuhu Conch Cement Ltd decided to continue its fruitful partnership with Polysius and ordered two 12 000 tpd kiln be rolled up after use, for example. 'Lighting is a major producer of carbon emissions. This technology can produce ultra– efficient lighting for wide range of applications, tapping into a TECHNOLOGY TREND lines. These are to be installed at Wuhu in the Chinese province of Anhui. The 5-stage and 2-string DOPOL® preheater will be equipped with a PREPOL®-MSC calciner and an SNCR system. Two calciner burners will be installed in the calciner and a POLFLAM~ clinkering zone burner is to be used in the 96m– long rotary kiln. huge global market,' said Mark Williamson , director of innovations at the Carbon Trust. Courtesy: Standards India, Vol. 23, No.9, December 2009, P34. More than 100 years ago, Polysius supplied the first cement plant to China. It is now represented by a subsidiary in Shanghai, providing close support and direct service for its Chinese customers. Courtesy: World Cement, March 2010, P14. GREEN FIELD PLANTS & EXPANSION '40-SOMT CEMENT CAPACITY LIKELY TO BE ADDED THIS YEAR' About 40-45 tonnes of additional production capacity is likely to be added in the cement industry during the current financial year. "Last year, 40 million tonnes of capacity was added. We expect this to be the same or little higher this year," Mr. G. Jayaraman, Executive President, Birla Corporation Ltd, said. In his theme address at Green Cementech 201 0, jointly organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry and the Cement Manufacturers' Association (CMA) in Hyderabad on 13.5.2010, he said capacity addition had been increasing at an average of 10 per cent in the recent past. "The total capacity is now at 260 million tonnes New plants, including some mini cement plants, are coming up. The demand increase has been fabulous of late due to the infrastructure and housing boom," he said. The industry should also learn best practices from other sectors as well in energy management and waste– heat recovery systems, he added. Mr. M.A.M.R. Muthiah, Vice– President, CMA, said there was a need to find alternative raw materials to bring down the dependency on lime stone. On the energy front, waste-heat recovery systems would offer an "excellent' business proposition for the industry, he said. "While the potential is estimated at 500/600 MW in this area, at present only 18/20 MW is being utilized," he added. There was a need to bring down energy costs. In some companies, it was still as high as 45 to 50 per cent. Observing that the cement plants were tu rning more eco-friendly he said certified emission reduction in the industry was impressive. Courtesy: The Hindu Business Line Hyderabad, 14.05.2010. ACC TO SPEND RS.1500 CR TO UP CAPACITY IN CHANDA BY 3MLN TONNES ACC Ltd, the Holcim– controlled cement group, is expanding capacity at its Chandrapur, Maharashtra plant by 3 million tonnes. The brownfield expansion, involving an investment of about As. 1,500 crore, is expected to be complete in the third quarter of 2010. A memorandum of understanding in this regard was signed between the company and the state government on 31.5.2010 Ramit Budhraja, Chief Executive (south west), ACC, said the project will strengthen the company's presence in the region. ACC currently has a capacity of 1 million tonne per annum at the Chanda facility. Mr. Summit Banerjee, Managing Director, ACC, said the plant will be extremely environment friendly. "We have invested considerable resources to 8