Grinding operation still draws highest attention of the top management of plant in the entire plant operation cycle. No wonder when 35 per cent of energy is consumed by the cement grinding process alone

Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) is generally preferred by Institutional customers across regions. The reason being that these customers have their own batching plants in most cases and prefer to do blending at their end.

OPC cement commands preference in certain geographic markets and institutional segment in comparison to trade segment. This preference is predominantly in institutional segment due to faster setting time and better compressive strength over PPC/PSC cement.

Blended cements are slowly but steadily increasing their presence felt in the market. With the introduction of composite cement, the industry's green commitment is getting reinforced further

The availability of most of the AFR is limited or scattered which may not be economically viable for use in most of the large cement plants because of logistics, quantity, preparation and technical issues, says Dr KN Bhattacharjee.

At the outset, I would like to mention that in Nuvoco we do not look at a range in terms of "premium brands". Our endeavour is to understand customer needs and develop the right value added products and solutions for him.

Today's blended cements have its origin in the old Roman construction. Due to technological advancements [now] the similar cements are available in the new forms.

Portland Slag Cement (PSC) is manufactured by inter-grinding Portland cement clinker, gypsum and granulated slag obtained from steel and ferro alloys industries.

With depletion of high cement grade limestone, presently Indian cement industry is facing an acute cement raw material problem for smooth plant operation and manufacture of higher grade cement.