Cement Industries, Raw Materials, Production Rate And...
CEMENT MANUFACTURING IN SOUTH INDIA
By :Rakesh Kumar Sharma (12CV79)
Nikhil Kumar (12CV62)
Mohit Kumar Meena (12CV53)
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KARNATAKA
CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
NOVEMBER 2014
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CEMENT MANUFACTURING IN SOUTH INDIA: INDUSTRIES, RAW
MATERIALS, PRODUCTION RATE TECHNOLOGY
ABSTRACT
The Critical Review paper about CEMENT INDUSTRIES IN SOUTH INDIA talks
about the various cement industries established in southern part of India, their
feasibility of site, their raw materials , production rate and the technology used by
them. The paper talks about the importance of cement industries in south India, The
main resources needed for the production, shortage of the resources if any, and then
it incorporates critics based on the finding at the end along with a short mail
interview with ACC South Chief Executive, Mr. Anuj Khajanchi. The study on the
paper is done by RAKESH KUMAR SHARMA, NIKHIL KUMAR, and MOHIT
KUMAR MEENA. All the resources and data are collected from Internet.
INTRODUCTION
Cement is the binding material that holds the concrete together, and is therefore a
basic need for every construction involving concrete or biding of basic blocks like
bricks. Also concrete is the second most consumed material after water, with nearly 3
tonnes used annually for each person in world.
The manufacturing process of cement consists of mixing, drying and grinding of
limestone, clay and silica into composite mass. The