Without cement, there is no concrete, and without concrete, there can be no construction. No wonder then, that cement has become synonymous with concrete and construction, and has come to represent nation building.

The brand "Bharathi" was founded in the year 2009. It was the first greenfield project to come up in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh.

India is the world's second largest region for cement - both in terms of production and consumption. Growth in the cement industry is driven by investments in infrastructure, housing and urban development.

This article discusses the quality and quantities of limestone requirements for Flue Gas Desulfurisation (FGD) with expected quality of synthetic gypsum (SG) generated from power plants.

Indian cement industry, the second largest in the world, has witnessed a revival for demand during FY19. The industry reported a positive growth of 4.8 per cent and 6.5 per cent in FY16 and FY18 respectively and a marginally negative growth in FY16.

Even as cement industry is saddled with excess capacity of over 150 million tonnes (MT), and implementation of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) is in full swing leading to consolidation in the industry, the cement players are thinking it is the right time to chalk out expansion plans, via greenfield and brownfield projects.

The goal of nations signing the Paris Agreement was to limit incremental global warming to 1.5/2 degrees up to the end of current century.

The cement industry and the environmental regulators have been going through a very uneasy relationship over the last 2 decades.

If you look at quality control part of the Indian cement business, we have come up with a solution that is completely modular. In India, quality control is not given the right kind of importance in terms of allocation of funds.