Cement, Energy & Environment Jan-Mar 2002

two years ago,little foreign participation was in evidence, however, things are changing and most of the majors have either staked a place or are in the process of doing so. If demand can be coaxed along and prices at least stablise, the Indian cement sector offers longer-term promise for those producers capable of funding investments, which will ultimately lead to a more consolidated and profitable cement industry. Courtesy : International Cement Review, November 2001, Pp 53-57. E-mail: info@CemNet.co.uk Web: www.CemNet.com BOOMING CHINESE CEMENT MARKET Anhui Conch Cement Co., China's biggest cement producer, has placed an order with F. L.Smidth for two ATOX 50 raw mills. The two mills, each with a capacity of over 400 tph and equipped with the newly developed high– efficiency RAR-LVT separator, will be installed at the company's Chizhou and Zongyang cement plants to serve their new 5,000 tpd production lines currently under construction. Anhui Conch Cement Co. aims at increasing its present production capacity of 7-8 million tpy to more than 20 million tpy within the next five years. In addition to several 5,000 tpd production lines, the company plans to build China's first 10,000 tpd line in the near future. F. L. Srnidth is playing a strong role in the development of the cement industry in that part of the country. Courtesy: · FLSmidth,I-pghlightsOct.2001, P 7. Email: info @flsmidth . com website: www. flsmidth. com CEMENT INDUSTRY INVESTS US$ 4 MILLION Ten of the world's largest cement producers are collaborating in US$ 4.0 million project for sustainable development. The study, being undertaken by the Battelle Institute an.d co– ordinated by the World Business Council for · Sustainable Development, aims to provide the cement industry with a route to long term sustainability. The results are due to be published later this year. This is the first time that leading producers have aligned their companies with the common objective of.sponsoring the project 'toward a sustainable cement industry. Courtesy : World Cement, Sep. 2001, PB. Email: @worldcemen..com web: www. world cement.com REGULATION NEWS THE ENERGY CONSERVATION ACT, 2001 to have a unique law for conservation of energy. The salient features of the Act are: Green Business Opportunities 7(4) • The Act envisages to establish a Bureau to be called the 'Bureau of Energy Efficiency' whose Governing Council will ·be headed by the Union Power Minister. The Parliament of India has passed the Energy Conservation Act, 2001 recently. India has now become the second country in the world 54