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Monday, 26 July 10
CEMENT MAKERS EXPLORE NEW FUELS TO REPLACE COAL - ECONOMIC TIMES
 Economic Times reported that, As the cement industry reels under high raw material costs and reduced coal linkages, companies are exploring alternative options such as rubber tyres and rice husk as substitutes for fuel.
Companies such as Grasim Industries, ACC, Shiva Cement have started using alternative fuels in their plants while other cement firms are exploring similar techniques to deal with the fuel shortage.
“As coal prices are rising, there is no other option but to use alternative fuels like rubber tyres, saw dust and sewage as alternatives, though the percentage is small currently,” said Shree Cement managing director Hari Mohan Bangur. Other companies such as JK Cement, too, have plans to use alternatives such as city waste, rubber tyres and saw dust for the production of cement.
Cement firms recently wrote to the coal ministry seeking additional supplies from Singareni Collieries Company, one of the largest suppliers to cement plants in the southern states.
RP Gupta, CMD, Shiva Cement said, “We have recently started using char (by product of iron steel) as an alternative for coal. As cost saving is concerned, one needs to see things in the long term. Initially, it’s around 3% of total raw material cost but it will increase to 5-10% in the next few years.”
The Indian cement industry is likely to face a coal crunch in the short-to-medium term, say analysts. “Companies will have to take the tough measure as importing coal is a costly proposition,” said Rupesh Sankhe, analyst at Angel Securities.
There is a gap between the demand and supply of coal and the companies have to create alternative arrangements, say industry experts. Even, coal supplies may see a slight drop in August due to rains. According to the Cement Manufacturers Association, about 17.2 million tonne were produced and 17.3 million tonne were despatched in June against 16.6 mt and 16.7 mt, respectively, in June 2009.
India has more than 70 cement companies and a total installed capacity of 260 million tonne. Cement manufacturers will add 110 million tonne to their current production capacities at an investment of about Rs 50,000 crore over the next three years.
The Indian cement industry is growing at 9-11% for the past few years with a capacity of 260 million tonne while China, the world’s largest market, is growing at 14%. The global market is expected to grow at 5% and the Brazil market at 4%.
Source: Economic Times
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Wednesday, 19 May 10
DRY BULK FREIGHT RATES' RALLY MAY BE SET TO END
The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) has rallied these past couple of weeks, almost touching the 4,000 point mark. But this positive development for dry bulk ...
Wednesday, 19 May 10
NEWCASTLE WEEKLY EXPORTS RISE; SHIP QUEUE LENGTHENS
Coal shipments from Australia's Newcastle port, the world's biggest export harbor for the fuel used in power stations, rose 2.9 percent last week ...
Tuesday, 18 May 10
THE BDI HIT A FIVE-MONTH HIGH AT THE CLOSE OF LAST WEEK
According to BRS, One of the oldest ship broker, at 3,929 points, the BDI hit a five-month high at the close of last week. The Capesize four time ch ...
Tuesday, 18 May 10
COAL TRADER CHINA QINFA TO BUY TWO BULK CARRIERS FOR 69 MLN USD
China Qinfa Group, a leading non-State-owned coal trader on China's mainland, said Sunday it had signed shipbuilding contracts to pay 69 million U. ...
Monday, 17 May 10
INDONESIA SHIPPED 15.51 PERCENT LESS COAL IN APRIL THAN A MONTH EARLIER
COALspot.com: Indonesia, the world largest coal exporter, shipped 23,331,542 MT of coal in April 2010, compare to 27.61 million tons in ...
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- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
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- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
- Bulk Trading Sa - Switzerland
- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
- Star Paper Mills Limited - India
- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
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- Bangladesh Power Developement Board
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- Savvy Resources Ltd - HongKong
- Economic Council, Georgia
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- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
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- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Truba Alam Manunggal Engineering.Tbk - Indonesia
- Eastern Energy - Thailand
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- The University of Queensland
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- Parliament of New Zealand
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- VISA Power Limited - India
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- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
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- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
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- Kumho Petrochemical, South Korea
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- Thai Mozambique Logistica
- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
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- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
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- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
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- Independent Power Producers Association of India
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- Manunggal Multi Energi - Indonesia
- SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
- London Commodity Brokers - England
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- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
- Formosa Plastics Group - Taiwan
- Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
- Thiess Contractors Indonesia
- White Energy Company Limited
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
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- Siam City Cement - Thailand
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- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
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- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
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- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
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