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India: Dalmia Cement has agreed to accept waste from the Golden Rock railway workshop, also known as Ponmalai, in Tiruchy, Tamil Nadu. It follows UltraTech Cement that processed nearly 5000t of non-hazardous waste from 2017, according to the Hindu newspaper. The latest consignment is of a similar volume. It includes waste in the form of rubber belts, cushions, berth covers and rubber products.

India: Dhandapani Cements has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Tiruchi City Corporation in Tamil Nadu to process inert waste. The cement producer had agreed to collect 1000t/yr of inert waste including plastic waste, cloth, tyres and other materials, according to the Hindu newspaper. The deal will last for five years.

India: Local government bodies in Chennai in Tamil Nadu have complained of the cost of sending plastics waste to cement plants. Five municipalities are spending of US$40,000/month on transport costs, according to the New Indian Express. Since 2017, 54 local government bodies have sent waste to cement plants for co-processing. Of these, 49 local bodies send it to UltraTech Cement’s plant at Ariyalur. However, the plant only pays transport costs for the waste sourced within a 100km radius. The state is looking into supplying plastics waste to nearer buyers.

India: The Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board has granted permission for the Ramki Group to build the first waste processing plant in Raipur. The project will have a budget of US$17m, according to the Times of India newspaper. Refuse-derived fuel (RDF) from the unit will be supplied to local cement companies. The unit will produce fertiliser for farmers as well. Ramki Group also plans to build a waste-to-energy plant at the site and the state government is considering a proposal.

India: The Cement Manufacturers Association (CMA) is considering using agricultural biomass as an alternative fuel. It says it is willing to offer support to different state governments to help find a way of delivering biomass directly from fields to cement producers, according to the Times of India newspaper. The CMA says it is offering a solution to the dust pollution caused by crop burning. However, the industry needs to resolves problems with transportation and seasonality. The CMA hopes to contact local governments and organisations to find a solution to these issues in 2019.

India: The city corporation of Tirupur has signed a letter of intent to supply 30t/day of refuse-derived fuel (RDF) to ACC’s cement plant at Madukarai near Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. The city authorities are struggling to separate waste streams generated by its residents, according to the Times of India. The authorities are trying to improve local awareness to segregate waste at source to aid reuse, recycling and disposal.

India: The Pollution Control Board of Andhra Pradesh (APPCB) has co-ordinated a brainstorming session on ‘Co-processing of Municipal Solid Waste and Plastic in Cement Industries’ in which cement producers, the Swachh Andhra Corporation, the Urban Local Bodies (ULB) and others groups participated. The APPCB is trying to encourage the use of alternative fuels in the cement industry by overcoming funding issues, according to the Hindu newspaper. APPCB chairman BSS Prasad said that the board wants to help local government bodies connect with the cement industry.

India: A group of cement producers in the Kalaburagi district have stopped using refuse-derived fuel (RDF) sourced from Bengaluru on economic grounds after a six-month trial period. Although the manufacturers do not pay for the RDF they say that it costs more than coal once transportation costs are taken into account, according to the Hindu newspaper. RDF from the city is transported over 500km to the plants.

In a meeting with the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palik (BBMP), an administrative city council body, one producer alleged that the RDF supplied by the city was not meeting pre-determined agreed moisture content, presentation in compressed bales and that the local government had promised to pay for the transport costs. An official from the BBMP argued back that the body was not prepared to pay transport costs for RDF and that coal costs US$82/t compared to the RDF transport cost of US$34/t. However, the BBMP has agreed to supply RDF in compressed bales and producers have welcome this concession as it will reduce logistics costs.

India: Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar says the state has approved US$12m to nearly double the production capacity of a solid waste management plant at Saligao. The production capacity of the unit will be increased to 250t/day, according to the Times of India newspaper. Refuse-derived fuel (RDF) from the unit has previously been sent to cement plants in Karnataka. Other solid waste processing plants have also been announced in Cacora, Bainguinim and Verna. Work on the plant in Cacora is scheduled to start by October 2018.

India: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has set up agreements with two cement companies to process plastic waste. The cement producers will use plastics from a radius of up to 250km, according to the Times of India newspaper. Two plants have been selected initially and then further units will be added to the scheme as required.