Cement, Energy & Environment Jan-Mar 2002

• ACC to buy out Etex Group from Eternit for Rs.16 Crore (extending the use of cement) • Use of Rubberized bitumen in Roads to be Studied (to support production & prices of local produce rubber) • E-Govemance for Kamataka Road Projects • CDC-BITS, Pilani Collaborative Degree Programme: M.S. Consultancy Management • Quantification of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) Benefits Through AHP (Analytical Hierarchy Process) Model (working out more effective ways of using manufacturing resources) • Controlling Storage Costs (options, reclaim systems costs of energy and maintenance) • Attributes of a Good Training Programme • Role of Blended Cements in Reducing the Incidence of Reinforcement Corrosion (a tribute to Shri B T Unwalla, a proponent of the use of flyash and slag in cement and concrete) • New Wall Tiles (designer concrete tiles with 3D effect) • Revised Draft on "Norms for Proving Limestone Deposits for Cement Manufacture" Reviewed (A boon to cement industry) • Subhas Rues State of City Roads (poor state of Kolkata roads) • TNRDC Model Road Shows the way to Cash-strapped State Govts. • Concrete Roads- Economical, Durable and Dependable (for long lasting and economical infrastructure) • Financial Horizons (investment /GDP growth in construction markets and infrastructure spending) • Raw Material Mixing (composite cement production by site mixers) • Workshop on Concrete Roads and Increased use of Flyash/Blended Cements in Construction (on Friday, 8 March 2002 in Bangalore) e CALENDAR OF EVENTS e PEARLS OF WISDOM • What about Workers? (Anglo Saxon new management of restructuring project based style with the adverse consequences of loss of problem solving skills with in the company) • Leadership Challenges for Sustained Growth (necessity of visionary leaders for Indians to emerge as a leading ethnic group in the world) • Points to Ponder (view points of some of the participants in the All India Management Associations' 28th convention) • Editorial (recipe for a nation to be a global player) • Management Consultancy (a sunrise profession in India) e NEW ARRIVAL • The Cement Plant Operations Handbook • Special Issues (by the Indian Concrete Journal) • Building India: Brick-by-Brick (prepared by Saket Projects Limited) e SUBJECT INDEX OF Note: CEMENT, ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT VOL. V, 2001 For abstract or highliths or abridge of topic log on to www.cmaindia.org and for further information/details, contact authoriship below the title or courtesy (Source) at the end. 59 59 59 60 60 60 60 62 62 62 63 63 64 65 66 66 68 74 74 74 75 75 76 77 77 78 79 5