Displaying items by tag: Tamil Nadu

India: UltraTech Cement’s integrated Reddipalayam plant in Tamil Nadu has reached a 25% alternative fuels substitution rate. The unit sources municipal waste from 11 local municipal corporations including Ariyalur, Erode, Kumbakonam, Thanjavur, Perambalur and Karur. It also sources plastic waste from cities such as Chennai and Kozikhode. In the financial year to 31 March 2020, UltraTech Cement says it replaced 17.2% of its raw material requirement for cement manufacturing and 3.7% of its thermal energy needs with alternative resources across all operations.

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: UltraTech Cement’s Reddipalayam plant at Ariyalur in Tamil Nadu has started receiving domestic waste from the Vellore Municipal Corporation. The shipments are part of a local smart city initiative, according to the New Indian Express newspaper. Normally the cement plant sources its waste-derived fuels from a 150km radius but a special exception has been made in this case.

A memorandum of understanding was signed between the cement producer and municipal corporations in the state to supply regular consignments of non-biodegradable wastes. At present 24 municipalities and one corporation in the state have signed contracts with UltraTech Cement to supply waste-derived fuels.

India: The government of Trichy in Tamil Nadu has increased its supply of refuse-derived fuel (RDF) to UltraTech Cement’s plant at Ariyalur. In has increased its supply by 30t/day from 30t/day at present for the next 10s years, according to the New Indian Express newspaper. The current agreement to supply 30t/day was arranged in February 2018.

India: The Golden Rock railway workshop, also known as Ponmalai, in Tiruchy, Tamil Nadu is sending old train seats to UltraTech Cement’s plant at Reddipalayam for use as an alternative fuel. The initiative is part of the GreenCo Rating System, according to the New Indian Express newspaper.

India: The government of Trichy in Tamil Nadu has signed a deal with IL&FS Environmental Infrastructure & Services to supply refuse-derived fuel (RDF) to UltraCement’s plant at Ariyalur. The waste processor will supply 12,000t/yr of fuel to the cement plant over two years until the end of January 2020, according to the Times of India. The deal will also create up to 45 jobs.

India: The city corporation of Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala has finalised its proposal to supply solid recovered fuel (SRF) to the local cement industry. Two companies in Tamil Nadu have expressed interest in the project, according to the Times of India.

India: The Pollution Control Board has despatched 20,000t of effluent sludge generated by textile units in the SIPCOT Industrial Estate in Perundurai to cement plants in Ariyalur district in Tamil Nadu state for use as an alternative fuel. Local media reports that local cement producers have started accepting effluent sludge from the dying industry after the success of a trial run that indicated no variation in the strength and quality of cement. Following the first order demand for another 8000t has been expressed.