Bharathi Cement is a group company of Vicat France – the global leader
in cement and products. The aim of the company is to make its presence
felt in the Southern market of India.
The Vicat Group manufactures
cement, Ready-mix concrete, concrete product (Precast) and Aggregates.
In 1817 Louis Vicat discovered artificial cement. The Group continues
expanding under the President Jacques Merceron-Vicat and is present in
11 countries (France, US, Turkey, Senegal, Switzerland, Egypt, Italy,
Mali, Kazakhstan, Mauretannia and India). The group has two tie ups in
India, one is with Sagar Cements and the other is Bharathi Cement.
Bharathi Cement is a group company of Vicat France –
the global leader in cement and produces various qualities like OPC 43,
OPC 53, PPC and PSC. Backed by global expertise, the company is driven
by a team of senior professionals in cement industry. The company has an
operational plant Kadapa District, Andhra
Pradesh.Bharathi was founded by the promoters of
Sakshi Telugu Daily and Sakshi TV, under the chairmanship of Bharathi
Reddy and senior professionals with vast experience in power, cement,
Infrastructure, ready-mixed concrete, aggregates and waste
management.Having set up with the most modern cement
plant with state of the art technology at Nallalingayapalli,
Kamalapuram mandal, Kadapa district of Andhra pradesh. The company gets
limestone from Narzi deposits. Another characteristic feature of this
lime stone is low alkali, magnesia and low chloride contents which are
highly desirable parameters for concrete
durability.The state of the art technology adopted
at the plant consists of Vertical Roller mill of LOESCHE, Germany for
grinding of cement to achieve the optimum fineness, and controlled
particle size distribution of cement
particlesOPC 53
grade
Ordinary Portland Cement 53 grade is
manufactured by inter-grinding of high grade clinker (with high
C3Scontent) and right quality gypsum in predetermined proportions. The
cement produced gives high early strength and excellent ultimate
strength.OPC 43
gradeOrdinary Portland Cement 43 grade is
manufactured by inter-grinding of high grade clinker (with optimum
C3Scontent) and right quality gypsum in appropriate
proportions.PPCBharathi
Portland pozzolana cement is a premium composite cement manufactured by
inter grinding of high quality clinker, carefully selected High
reactive Silica (HRS) obtained from electrostatic precipitators with
right quality
gypsum.PSCBharathi
Portland Slag cement is manufactured by inter grinding high quality
clinker with carefully selected, good quality slag purchased from major
steel plants and using high quality gypsum.The
Bharathi Cement plant has the most advanced Vertical Roller Mill (Type
63.3) from LOESCHE, Germany. This mill has a capacity of producing 360
tons per hour and is equipped with a 6,700 kw gear
box.The mill is designed to produce a range of high
quality cements such as Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC), Portland
Pozzolona Cement (PPC), Pozzolona Slag Cement (PSC) and Ground slag at
varying fineness. It has a rated capacity of 360tph OPC at 3000 Blaine
and 300 tph of ground slag at 4000 Blaine.Bharathi
Cement has a network of 1805 dealers across all States and 14 branch
offices. It has presence in Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu, Karnataka,
Kerala, and Goa and Maharashtra.Quality
controlOne of the greatest challenges in
cement production is ensuring consistent quality. At Bharathi Cement,
thus, the company has accomplished with the Robotic lab, where a Robotic
arm checks and monitors samples to ensure consistent grain and texture.
This means, that no matter which bag of cement you pick up, the quality
is going to be just as great.Features of
cement plant in Kadappa
Bharathi Cement is
produced in an ultra-modern plant located at Nallalingayapalli in
Kamalapuram Mandal of Kadapa District in Andhra Pradesh. The plant is
built over an area of 487 acres and has a mining area of 1562 acres,
consisting of the world renowned Narzi limestone deposits, which posses a
high lime content that gives high early strength and ultimate long term
strength. It has over 300 million tonne of limestone deposits spread
over 1500 acres in Kadapa District. At 5 million tonne per annum, the
limestone deposits will be sufficient for continuing production for next
60 years. With a capacity of 5 million tonne, this is one of the
largest cement plants in Asia.Green
initiativesAs a part of its Corporate
Social Responsibility the company has taken number of initiatives. A few
of them are as follows: • Ambient air Quality Monitoring
Station is installed at the Plant to check Air Quality. • 8
nos. Stack Monitoring Systems are located in surrounding villages within
a radius of 8 km to measure Air, Dust and Water.• A
detailed Survey on noise environment was carried out in and around the
Project site to study the levels of noise, and corrective steps have
been taken in consultation with BS ENVI – TECH.• Stack
Monitoring System is installed at different locations in the
plant.• Sprinkling of water on ground at dust polluted areas
to control the dust rising due to movement of Heavy Transport Vehicles
etc.• Provided concrete roads in the factory and township.
• Green Belt Development (Tree Plantation) spread in 420 acre
of land in surrounding areas of the plant to control air pollution.
Full-fledged horticulture department is set up for this
purpose.• Water samples are being collected periodically and
tested in the laboratory. • Rain water harvesting structures
are developed in the plant.• Also, when it comes to the
packing of the cement bag, the sack is made of polypropylene which is
environment friendly degradable thermoplastic material. When incinerated
or put to waste it does not pollute air, soil or water with toxic
residues. The empty sack can be recycled and can be used for producing
new sacks.