| During the year, the Unit has bagged the following prizes : |
| a) |
Limestone Mines of this Section bagged two first prizes in "Drilling & Blasting", "Operation & Maintenance of mining machines" and three second prizes in "Overall performance", "Loading & Transportation" and "Lighting & Electrical installation" from the Director General of Mines Safety during Mines Safety Week Celebrations. |
| b) |
Under National Safety Awards Scheme-2009, this Section was selected for Runners-up prize for "Lowest Injury Frequency Rate", which will be presented by the Hon'ble President of India. |
| c) |
Won five First Prizes and three second prizes in various categories from Indian Bureau of Mines during the Mines Environment & Mineral Conservation Week Celebrations, Gulbarga Zone. |
| d) |
Boiler of Unit No. I Captive Thermal Power Plant of this Section has been awarded second prize for "Safe Industrial Boiler" in the State Level Competition conducted by Karnataka State Safety Institute & Department of Factories & Boilers. |
| e) |
Awarded "Excellent Water Efficient Unit within the Fence" in the 7th National Award for Excellence in Water Management 2010 – organized by Indian Industries-Godrej Green Business Centre. |
Apart from the above, one student of Vasavadatta Vidya Vihar has been given “Amul Vidyashree Award” instituted by Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd., for excellence in CBSC examination and also 16 Scouts and Guides have been awarded the coveted ‘Rajya Puraskar Award’ for the fourth consecutive year by the Hon’ble Governor of Karnataka. |
| Industrial relations during the year were cordial. |
| Kesoram Cement |
| Production figures of this section are as under : |
| |
2010-11 |
2009-10
(Metric Tons) |
| (Metric Tons) |
| Clinker |
8,93,920 |
11,61,200 |
| Cement |
11,50,486 |
13,78,833 |
|
| Production of Clinker, Cement and Cement despatches were adversely affected mainly due to longer stoppage of one Kiln for replacement of existing 1978 model Cooler with LNV Cooler and replacement of cracked tiers of both the Kilns. In addition, the political agitations in the area further suppressed the Cement demand in the region. |
| Cement prices fluctuated in the market due to demand supply mismatch and also substantial increase in the cost of raw materials, coal, power and other inputs. Due to these reasons the performance of this Section got adversely affected. |
| Captive Thermal Power Plant of this Section generated 106.59 million kwh of Power, out of which 3.3 million kwh were supplied to APTRANSCO during shutdown. About 89% of the power requirement of the Cement Plant is met from the Captive generation and balance Power was purchased from APTRANSCO. This Section is considering feasibility of power generation by Waste Heat Recovery System which will give considerable advantage in cost of power generation. |
