My Home Industries Limited expands his existing cement Plant in AP

My Home Industries Limited have proposed to expand the existing cement plant [Clinker – 2.78 MTPA & Cement – 3.90 MTPA] by addition of new Unit IV [Clinker: 1.75 MTPA and Cement: 1.75 MTPA] at Mellacheruvu Village & Mandal, Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh

The water requirement is 800 m3 /day which will be sourced from existing mine pit and ground water. The power requirement is 30 MW which will be met from the existing captive power plant and APCPDCL. Total cost of the project is Rs.355 crores. 5 % of the total project cost i.e Rs 17.70 Crores will be spent as part of Enterprise Social Commitment on the issues raised during PH. The plant and mine has given direct employment to 340 people.

Present water consumption for the plant and colony is 1260 m3 /day. The source of the water is borewells. Additional water requirement for the expansion project will be 800 m3 /day. Permission obtained from Ground Water Department for 1500 m3 /day. Additional 580 m3 /day of water will be met from Mine pit /Ground water. No wastewater is generated from cement plant process. Wastewater generation from the colony will increase by 24 m3 /day. MHIL will install a new STP of 50 m3 /day capacity for handling the additional wastewater generated from the colony.

Public hearing was conducted on 12/11/2014 at MHIL – Line - IV Mellacheruvu . The major issues discussed were pollution and limit damage to environment, to provide Water Harvesting Structures or rain water storage tanks to increase ground water level, green belt with fruit bearing plants, employment training programmes to improve skills, providing air pollution control systems for the proposed plant development of the area and creation of jobs for the unemployed.

Expansion of Cement Plant for Vasavadatta Cements

Vasavadatta Cements proposed an expansion of Cement Plant (Clinker 6MTPA to 7.75MTPA), Cement (9MTPA to 11.7MTPA), Captive Limestone Mine (Limestone 9MTPA to 11.3 MTPA and Shale 0.5MTPA to 0.66MTPA) and CPP (61.2MW to 84.2MW) at village Sedam, Dist. Gulbarga, Karnataka.

The cost of project was Rs 800 crores. The expansion of cement plant and limestone with crusher could not be implemented due to drop in Cement demand, therefore, the integrated proposal could not be executed. The land for the project is made ready for expansion and Vasavadatta Cement would like to restart the project. Construction of Power Plant is completed. (CPP 18MW is completed 5 MW WHRB is pending). Land for expansion is available within the existing plant site. Water permission is already in place. PP informed that till date, an amount of Rs 90 Crores has been invested in the Project (Excluding cement plant, Lime stone with crusher and 5MW WHRB). The proponent now desires to implement the proposal in view of the improving trends of the market. 

Reliance Cements to setup plant in Karanataka

Reliance Cements to set up 3MTPA Cement Grinding Unit & 60m3/h Readymade Concrete Mixing (RMC) Unit of M/s Reliance Cement Co. Pvt. Ltd, at vill, Kudumalakunte, Taluka Gowribidanur, Dist.Chikballapur, Karnataka. 

The total power requirement is 25MW. It will be sourced from state transmission grid. Total water requirement for the proposed plant will be 300KLD. The rain water harvesting facility from roof top and other structure will be developed. The major part of total water requirement shall be utilized for the cooling purpose. There will not be waste water generation from the cement manufacturing process. Blow down and domestic waste water ( 22.5KLD) will be sent to Common Sewage Treatment Plant of KIADB, and 25 KLD will be used for plantation. Of the total area of 34.39 Ha, area around 5.15 Ha has been earmarked for greenbelt development / plantation within the premises. 

The public hearing was held on 09.01.2014 for the proposed Development of Phase I & II Industrial Area at Gowribidanur, Chikkaballapura District, Karnataka by KIADB for grant of Environmental Clearance. Since the project is situated within the existing Industrial Area, the commitments made during the public hearing for the industrial area by the KIADB shall be adhered to by the PP. 

New Cement Plant for Penna Cemnts in pune

Penna Cement, one of the largest cement companies in the private sector with an installed capacity of 7 million tpa, is planning to set up a 0.7-million tpa cement grinding unit at Daund in Pune district of Maharashtra. The unit will be set up on 23 acres of land. The estimated cost of the project is Rs 200 crore. Gannon Dunkerley & Co. Ltd is the contractor and Walchandnagar Industries the machinery supplier. While land for the project has been acquired, environment clearance is awaited. Work on the project is expected to start by September.