500 acres of limestone rich areas acquired for Dalima expansion
Tiruchirapalli, Sept 19: Leading cement manufacturer Dalmia Cement Bharath Limited has acquired 500 acres of limestone deposit rich areas in Tiruchirappalli, Perambalur and Ariyalur belts in Tamil Nadu for expansion, according to J V Gungune, Executive Director of the company.
The company has another 500 acres for mining purposes and has been excavating limestone since the last 70 years, from the inception of the factory at Dalimapuram near here, he told reporters here.
About 75 to 80 per cent of this land is owned by the company and the rest are state owned, which are mining leases.
Gungune said that a new plant to be commissioned in October at Tamaraikulam and Govindapuram villages near Ariyalur, with an annual capacity of 2.25 million tonnes,would also utilize these limestone deposits. The total quantum to be removed for both plants would be 6.2 million tones a year.
The new unit had already started grinding process and the production of clinker would commence from October 17, he said.
He said geological experts had opined that the new acquired land would inherit limestone with a purity of around 43 per cent contents of lime/calcium. Besides some more areas have also been earmarked along the TiruchirapalliAriyalur and TiruchirapalliChennai Highways for future prospecting.
He said DCBL was also identifying scattered limestone deposits in around 300 arces in Karur district.
To a query he said the company had a blemishless record in adhering to safety norms, with no accidents in the last 18 years. Operations had been fully mechanised since 1994, he added. - Agencies
The company has another 500 acres for mining purposes and has been excavating limestone since the last 70 years, from the inception of the factory at Dalimapuram near here, he told reporters here.
About 75 to 80 per cent of this land is owned by the company and the rest are state owned, which are mining leases.
Gungune said that a new plant to be commissioned in October at Tamaraikulam and Govindapuram villages near Ariyalur, with an annual capacity of 2.25 million tonnes,would also utilize these limestone deposits. The total quantum to be removed for both plants would be 6.2 million tones a year.
The new unit had already started grinding process and the production of clinker would commence from October 17, he said.
He said geological experts had opined that the new acquired land would inherit limestone with a purity of around 43 per cent contents of lime/calcium. Besides some more areas have also been earmarked along the TiruchirapalliAriyalur and TiruchirapalliChennai Highways for future prospecting.
He said DCBL was also identifying scattered limestone deposits in around 300 arces in Karur district.
To a query he said the company had a blemishless record in adhering to safety norms, with no accidents in the last 18 years. Operations had been fully mechanised since 1994, he added. - Agencies
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