Cement, Energy and Environment

CEMENT, ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT Editorial Board N.A. Viswanathan Dr. S.K. Handoo Ashwani Pahuja Executive Advisory Board S.K. Wali - Chairman V.S. Bajaj L. Rajasekar M. Srinivasan Dr. K.C. Narang P.L. Subramanian P.K. Bhatnagar Kamal Kumar Editorial Team K.K. Roy Chowdhury (editing) Yashpal Malhotra Harish Papnai Contact Cement Manufacturers' Association, CMA Tower, A-2E, Sector 24, Naida -201301 (U.P.), India Tel: 91120 2411955/ 57/ 58 Fax: 91120 2411956 E-mail: cmand@vsnl.com, cmand@rediffmail.com Website: www.cmaindia.org Vol9, No.4 Oct-Dec, 2010 CEMENT, ENERGY and ENVIRONMENT CONTENTS • TECHNOLOGY TREND 1 • GRINDING TRENDS IN THE CEMENT INDUSTRY 1 - 11 • GREEN FIELD PLANTS & EXPANSION 12 • ANJANI PORTLAND CEMENT TO INVEST RS.350 CR IN NEW PLANT 12 • BINANI CEMENT TO INVEST RS.4200 CR IN GUJARAT 12 • BIRLA CORP CEMENT VENTURE IN ASSAM 12 • CEMEX-MURLI DEAL MAY FLOP ON VALUATION, SEBI GLARE 12- 13 • DALMIA TO SET UP CEMENT UNITS IN MEGHALAYA, KARNATAKA 13 • ULTRA TECH, BINANI LIKELY TO SET UP UNITS ATDIGHI PORT 13 Merger & Acquisition • HOLCIM TAKES CREEPING ROUTE TO HIKE STAKE IN ACC • TECHNOLOGY UPGRADATION Process & Operation • OPTIMISATION OF PROCESS CONTROL OF KILN LINE AND RAW AND COAL MILLS Quality & Standards • PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENTS [FOR A CEMENT PLANT 13 13- 14 14 14 14 15 PROPOSAL) 15 - 18 Plant & Machinery 18 • HOLISTIC PLANT DESIGN 18-20 • ENERGY EFFICIENCY & CONSERVATION 21 Energy Security & Management 21 • COAL SHORTAGE MAY RISE 24% IN FY12 21 • SCOPE FOR GENERATING 68000 MW OF GREEN POWER: WORLD BANK REPORT 21