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.

Indian cement industry has been innovative and has adopted state-of-the-art technologies in areas such as resource conservation, environmental protection, energy conservation, waste utilisation, low carbon technologies, and so on.

A cement clinker is usually ground using a ball mill. This hardware is generally divided into two or three chambers, with different size of grinding media. As the clinker particles are ground further, smaller media are more efficient at reducing the particle size even further.

A new-age self-compacting, self-levelling concrete, Agilia - recommended by Nuvoco Vistas Corp (formerly Lafarge India Limited) - was used for constructing a state-of-the-art Oncology Radiation Chamber in Kiran Multi Specialty Hospital in Surat; making it the first-of-its-kind in Gujarat.

The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has decided to form a multi-disciplinary committee to examine the possibility of building cement plants near power plants to use fly ash.

Emami Cement has commissioned a cement grinding unit in district Burdwan, West Bengal. The 2 million tonnes/year (t/y) grinding plant cost Rs 5 billion and was commissioned in 13 months, the company said.

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has decided to form a multi-disciplinary committee to examine the possibility of building cement plants near to power plants to use fly ash.

The MP Birla Group has chosen Lodestar UM, the media agency from IPG Mediabrands, to handle the media duties of its cement business.

Nepal will start certifying domestic cement brands with quality grades after three months. This will help local brands to compete in the market with foreign cement brands.