According to Dr VS Rajan, Vice President – Filter Products, Supreme Nonwoven Industries, all new projects are adopting work practices to comply to dust emission levels of below 10 mg/Nm3.

The pace of M&A activity in the Indian cement industry has picked up over the previous year, with the country’s leading cement producers in particular looking to strengthen their positions at the top.

There has been a definite trend towards consolidation in the Indian cement industry. But often, these deals — both overseas and domestic — have actually resulted in value erosion. ICR takes a closer look at the dynamics behind the trend towards consolidation.

India is the second largest producer of cement globally and the industry has been a vital part of its economic development, providing employment opportunities to more than a million people, directly or indirectly.

The cement industry will have to gear up to meet fresh challenges in the future, such as upgrading its technologies for carbon capture and storage, says SAILESH MOHTA, PRESIDENT - MARKETING, WONDER CEMENT.

The cement industry today faces a challenge on emission norms, which have steadily been becoming stricter in India and across the world. Cement manufacturing companies are exploring various options — like pyro-processing — to help make their production process cleaner.

Gear drives play an important role in the system of load transmission in a production process, and are available in a variety of types, sizes and shapes. In the production process of cement manufacturing, there are many hardware components which have a very important role to play. Moving equipment like rotary kilns, ball mills, roller presses, vertical roller mills, and conveyor belts are a few such examples. All of these use gearboxes and gear drives.

Though there are a few issues in processing pet coke as a fuel for the cement industry, these problems can be effectively tackled by the application of modern technology, and harmful emissions can be kept within permissible limits, says Dr JD Bapat, an Independent Cement Manufacturing and Concrete Professional.

The cement industry was looking for brighter days ahead, considering the potential that pet coke has as a fuel. But with a statutory ban on the usage of the commodity hanging fire, a few environmental concerns need to be addressed before pet coke utilisation comes of age.