Cement, Energy & Environment

Conclusion: The maiden efforts of the JK Lakshmi Cement Limited's Kalol plant team in the areas of quality, safety, productivity, energy and the environment have resulted into substantial reduction in GHG emtsstons through reduction in consumption of natural resources and phenomenal increase in various waste derived raw materials, which were otherwise just dumped on the land spoiling the land, water and air quality in addition to occupying valuable land. Green Field Plants & Expansion CC:fJIFMT 1=11:1~~ Fli.CF CH LLFNGE~ Industry observers feel that cement companies continue to face challenges owing to weak demand, rise in production costs and excess capacity. Some analysts expect that the demand may pick up by the end of October. However, they expect the pricing power of cement firms to decline marginally, with fresh capacities added in the last few months flowing into the market. The industry plans to add new capacity of about 71 million tonne in the next two financial years. At present, it has an installed capacity of over 315 million tonne to cater to the demand of about 230 million tonne. Further, with the government's plan to de-control diesel prices, cost of production may also increase. It will become difficult to pass on the cost to the consumer when demand is not keeping pace with production . Courtesy: Indian Cement Review, Nov. 2012, P20. AMBUJA TO SET UP TWO MORE CEMENT p1 A lTC: I I \1111:1 Ambuja Cements will set up two more units in Howrah and Hoogly with an investment of approx Rs 550 crore. At present, Ambuja's first unit at Sankrail produces 1.5 mtpa cement. The second unit will be set up at Sankrail and a third on 80 acre near Bandel Thermal Power Plant. Once the second unit is commissioned , the production will go up to 2.4 mtpa. Also the Bandel unit, which will be built at a cost of Rs 225 crore on completion will produce 0 .6-0.9 mtpa cement. Courtesy: Construction World, December 2012. J K LAKSHMI TO REVIVE ITS UDAIPUR PLANT AT ~s 'li;;IJ J"C To revive its Udaipur plant as part of its move to augment capacity, J K Lakshmi Cements plans to spend Rs 350 crore . Shailendra Chouksey, Whole-Time Director, J K Lakshmi said the company will be spending nearly Rs 350 crore for reviving its operations. This will help the company to add nearly 1.4 million tonne to its existing capacity, thus enabling it to cater to the growing demand for cement. After the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR) recently sanctioned a rehabilitation scheme for the Udaipur unit, earlier declared sick, JK Lakshmi decided to revive the operations as part of its overall plan to nearly double its capacity in the mid-term. The revival of the plant is expected to be completed by September-October 2014. Of the Rs 350 crore investment, over Rs 100 crore will have to be brought in by J K Lakshmi and the rest will be debt. Courtesy: Indian Cement Review, Nov. 2012, P18. SHREE CEMENT TO HAVE A GEBR PFFIFFEI~'S 100TH VERTICAL ROLLER MILL In the year 1995 Kolkata-based SHREE CEMENT was the first Indian customer to buy a Large MPS vertical roller mill from Gebr. Pfeiffer. On 6th November 2012, Mr. H.M. Bangur, the Managing Director of Shree Cement met the Executive Board Member of GEBR. PFEIFFER SE, Mr. Gerold Keune, to sign a contract for the 1 oath Pfeiffer vertical roller mill in India to be set up at Bihar Grinding Unit. Between 1995 and now in 17 years, Pfeiffer to its Credits have more than 25 distinguished Clients from Indian Cement & Steel Industry, installations in 47 Indian works and countless 'first time' world records set in India, for instance, for "highest-ever production rate", "highest-ever installed drive power", "shortest-ever implementation time." Shree Cement Ltd. commissioned its first cement works at Beawar, Rajasthan in 1985. An order followed in 1995 for a second production line which was equipped with the first two vertical roller mills from Gebr. Pfeiffer. Unit No. Ill, a green field installation, was built at nearby RAS. Identical repeat orders were awarded by Shree Cement to Gebr. Pfeiffer for RAS almost year by year, with the Units Nos. Ill to X standing side by side. Unit 8