Cement Energy and Environment

environmental performance criteria but requires the iv) Rajashree Cement, Malkhed organisation to formulate policies and objectives, v) Grasim Cement, Raipur taking into account information about significant vi) Century Cement vii) Orient Cement environmental effects for continual improvement. viii) Gujarat Ambuja Cement So far, the following 14 plants have secured ISO ix) ACC. Gaga! 14000/ 1400 I Certification while many more are x) ACC. Madukkarai known to be in the process of doing so. xi) ACC, Kymore i) TISCO- Raipur xii) J.K. Cement, Nimbahera ii) Vikram Cement xiii) Satna Cement &. Birla Vikas, Satna iii) Binani Cement xiv) Aditya Cement Cement, Energy and Environment invites cement companies to help update this list and publicise in its columns as and when new accreditations are granted. (Pie<tSe see page 2 for views of two 150- 14000 accredited plants) Do You Know? That some of our state-of-the-art plants compare well w ith the world's best in power consumption. The operational data, given below of a 0.9- MTPA cement plant in South India and an 1.2-MTPA unit in North India, will bear this out. S. No. Unit Operation Power Consumption, kWh/tonne material processed Plant Capacity 0.9 MTPA 1.2 MTPA I. Crushing 0.6- 1.4 1.57 2. Raw material grinding 12.3- 13.2 16. 11 3. Kiln and cooler 23.0 - 24.7 24.50 . 4 . Coal grinding 29.6- 34.7 28.08 5. Cement grinding 23 .2 - 29.0 24.70 Total kWh/tonne of cement 65.6-76.7 12.0 - 76.0 20 I I (