Global Cement Awards 2006

'For excellent in cement'

Winners and runners-up

The first Global Cement Awards were awarded at the

6th European Cement Conference and Exhibition

13-14 March 2006, London

Category

Winners (and winning value) and runners up (HM=honourable mention)

Lowest specific energy consumption, raw meal grinding

Winner: Lafarge Cement Cizkovice works (10.36kWh/t)

Runners up:

Grasim Cement, Cement Division South (13.42kWh/t)

Kesoram Industries, Vasavadatta (16.21kWh/t)

HM: Grasim Cement, Raipur; Kerman Cement, Iran

Lowest specific energy consumption, clinker grinding

Winner: Grasim Cement, Raipur (22.27kWh/t)

Runners up:

Grasim Cement, Cement Division South (25.64kWh/t)

Kesoram Industries, Vasavadatta Cement (38.72kWh/t)

Lowest specific electrical energy consumption/tonne of cement produced

Winner: Kesoram Industries, Vasavadatta (64.87kWh/t cement)

Runners up:

Grasim Cement, Raipur (69.87kWh/t cement)

Grasim Cement, Aditya Cement Chittorgarh (86.83kWh/t cement))

Kiln reliability

Winner: ACC, Lakheri Works (955.2 hours between stops)

Runners up:

Grasim Cement, Aditya Cement Chittorgarh (190 hours between stops)

Grasim Cement, Raipur (471.47 hours between stops)

HM: Kesoram Industries, Vasavadatta,

Lowest injury incidence rate

Winner: Grasim Cement, Cement Division South (zero, 300 workers)

Runner up:

UltraTech Cement Tadpatri plant, Aditya Birla Group (0.295, 1086 workers)

HM: Grasim Cement, Aditya Cement Chittorgarh; Grasim Cement, Raipur

Most innovative scheme for environmental impact abatement

Winner: Mitsubish Cement Corp., Cushenberry plant (Tyres and biosolids project)

Runners up:

Arabian Cement Co., Rabigh plant (Dedusting and dust monitoring project)

Grasim Cement, Cement Division South (conservation of resources using overburden as raw material source)

Lowest specific CO2 emission

Winner: Wopfinger Baustoffindustrie GmbH (57kg CO2/t)

Runners up:

Grasim Cement, Aditya Cement Chittorgarh (740kg CO2/t)

Grasim Cement, Raipur (651kg CO2/t)

HM: Grasim Cement, Cement Division South

Most innovative transport or handling solution

Special award: Cemex Rugby (ISO-veyor project for fly-ash transport to Heathrow Terminal 5)


Short-listed entries were invited to the presentation ceremony at the Sheraton Skyline Hotel in London, 14 March 2006. Winners were awarded the Global Cement Award trophy 2006.


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