Larsen & Toubro has bagged a Rs 1449 crore order from DB Power Ltd to execute complete Balance of Plant (BOP) package for DB Power's 2 x 600 Mw thermal power plant at Baradarha in the Janjgir-Champa district of Chhattisgarh. The entire plant will be commissioned within 31 months.
L&T will design, engineer, supply, erect and commission the BOP equipment and systems on an EPC basis, as well as associated services. The scope of work includes BTG and BOP civil, structural and architectural works; coal and ash handling plants, chimney, natural draft cooling towers, switchyard and BOP electrical.
L&T is currently executing similar sub critical BOP contracts and several large supercritical EPC/BTG projects, as part of its offerings for integrated EPC solutions. The firm has a joint ventures with Mitsubishi Heavy Engineering for the manufacture of supercritical boilers and turbines. In the supercritical segment, L&T has set up manufacturing capabilities in Hazira for several crucial equipment and components including high pressure piping, coal pulverizers, ESPs and heavy forgings.
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Monday, 28 February 2011
India Ministry of Power to make supercritical technology mandatory for all future power projects
The government may soon come out with directives which makes mandatory for companies to switch to energy-efficient supercritical technology for their upcoming coal based power projects as it looks at playing a major role in global efforts to fight climate change by cutting down emission of greenhouse gases.
The coal-based power projects have been identified as major contributor to environmental pollution. They contribute over 65 per centof the country's total installed power generation capacity at present.
Coal-fired power plants based on supercritical technology are less polluting than conventional plants. The energy efficiency of these plants is 45 per cent against 30-32 per cent for conventional plants.
"Indian power sector is predominantly based on coal and this will remain there for a long time in the new projects. Keeping this in mind, the government has already started several initiative to reduce emission from coal-based projects. Mandatory use of supercritical technology will be step in this direction," said an official in power ministry in the know of the development.
It is expected that the government may announce a new policy soon for mandatory use of supercritical technology based power projects. As adoption of new technology for all projects is a time-consuming process, the government wants this to start from the 13th Five-Year plan period starting from 2017.
Equipment for a large portion of capacity for the 12 th Plan (2012-17) has already been ordered and it is feared that any new regulation for these projects may impact the capacity addition programme. "We expect that even in the 12th plan half of the capacity addition (of the total 100,000 Mw) is based on supercritical technology," said the power ministry official.
The country's largest power producer, NTPC, has already adopted supercritical technology in a big way. Its first project based on this technology may get partially commissioned next month with the start of 660 Mw unit at Sipat. In the 12th Plan, close to 90 per cent of NTPC's capacity is expected to be based on supercritical technology. A few private sector power projects have also ordered these equipment or 11th Plan projects.
"While the technology will definitely contribute towards improving the efficiency of coal-fired projects and reduce their emission levels, mandatory rules may impact small power projects as supercritical technology is available in large unit sizes of 660 Mw and above," said an industry expert.
"The government is not in favour of small coal- based power projects and will discourage such projects," said a official of the Planning Commission. He said incentive schemes like including use of supercritical technology for giving mega power policy benefits could be used to promote its use. Under the mega power policy thermal units of 1,000 Mw and get complete waiver from import duty on equipment purchase, income tax incentives and deemed export benefits.
The biggest bottleneck to large-scale introduction of supercritical technology comes from the shortage of manufacturing capacity for such high-end equipment. Only Bhel has recently started to manufacture supercritical equipment. Private sector major L&T is expected to start manufacturing it shortly. Other companies like Alstom-Bharat Forge, Toshiba-JSW and Italian company Ansaldo Caldie have shown interest is setting up domestic manufacturing of supercritical equipment.
Earlier, the Planning Commission had also suggested induction of supercritical to help overcome the shortage of coal being faced by several thermal power plants.
In 2009-10, the country is expected to import 29 million tonnes (mt) coal for power plants. This would increase to 50 mt by 2011-12 and 120 mt in the subsequent year.
The commission has said that coal is not available for 28,000 MW of linkages granted in November 2008. Moreover 1,00,000 Mw applications are pending for linkages with the power ministry.
Keeping the projected pollution in mind, the government is also thinking of introducing ultra supercritical technology and power projects based on integrated gassification combined cycle (IGCC) or clean coal technology.
A pilot project on IGCC technology is already in works in the country. The country is also working to increase the share of renewable power in the total power basket and increase generation from nuclear fuel.
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The coal-based power projects have been identified as major contributor to environmental pollution. They contribute over 65 per centof the country's total installed power generation capacity at present.
Coal-fired power plants based on supercritical technology are less polluting than conventional plants. The energy efficiency of these plants is 45 per cent against 30-32 per cent for conventional plants.
"Indian power sector is predominantly based on coal and this will remain there for a long time in the new projects. Keeping this in mind, the government has already started several initiative to reduce emission from coal-based projects. Mandatory use of supercritical technology will be step in this direction," said an official in power ministry in the know of the development.
It is expected that the government may announce a new policy soon for mandatory use of supercritical technology based power projects. As adoption of new technology for all projects is a time-consuming process, the government wants this to start from the 13th Five-Year plan period starting from 2017.
Equipment for a large portion of capacity for the 12 th Plan (2012-17) has already been ordered and it is feared that any new regulation for these projects may impact the capacity addition programme. "We expect that even in the 12th plan half of the capacity addition (of the total 100,000 Mw) is based on supercritical technology," said the power ministry official.
The country's largest power producer, NTPC, has already adopted supercritical technology in a big way. Its first project based on this technology may get partially commissioned next month with the start of 660 Mw unit at Sipat. In the 12th Plan, close to 90 per cent of NTPC's capacity is expected to be based on supercritical technology. A few private sector power projects have also ordered these equipment or 11th Plan projects.
"While the technology will definitely contribute towards improving the efficiency of coal-fired projects and reduce their emission levels, mandatory rules may impact small power projects as supercritical technology is available in large unit sizes of 660 Mw and above," said an industry expert.
"The government is not in favour of small coal- based power projects and will discourage such projects," said a official of the Planning Commission. He said incentive schemes like including use of supercritical technology for giving mega power policy benefits could be used to promote its use. Under the mega power policy thermal units of 1,000 Mw and get complete waiver from import duty on equipment purchase, income tax incentives and deemed export benefits.
The biggest bottleneck to large-scale introduction of supercritical technology comes from the shortage of manufacturing capacity for such high-end equipment. Only Bhel has recently started to manufacture supercritical equipment. Private sector major L&T is expected to start manufacturing it shortly. Other companies like Alstom-Bharat Forge, Toshiba-JSW and Italian company Ansaldo Caldie have shown interest is setting up domestic manufacturing of supercritical equipment.
Earlier, the Planning Commission had also suggested induction of supercritical to help overcome the shortage of coal being faced by several thermal power plants.
In 2009-10, the country is expected to import 29 million tonnes (mt) coal for power plants. This would increase to 50 mt by 2011-12 and 120 mt in the subsequent year.
The commission has said that coal is not available for 28,000 MW of linkages granted in November 2008. Moreover 1,00,000 Mw applications are pending for linkages with the power ministry.
Keeping the projected pollution in mind, the government is also thinking of introducing ultra supercritical technology and power projects based on integrated gassification combined cycle (IGCC) or clean coal technology.
A pilot project on IGCC technology is already in works in the country. The country is also working to increase the share of renewable power in the total power basket and increase generation from nuclear fuel.
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Indian Finance Ministry rejects proposal to impose import duty on chinese power equipments
Independent and state owned power producers can have sigh of relief as ministry of finance rejected planning commission's recommendations to impose import duty on Chinese power equipment. The domestic engineering majors such as BHEL and L&T were lobbying hard for imposition of import duty.
The domestic capital goods manufacturers were lobbying hard with the government to get this proposal passed for over 2 years. The proposal was approved by a committee of secretaries (CoS), based on the recommendations made by a committee headed by Planning Commission member Arun Maira.
The CoS, in its July 12 meeting, had approved a duty structure of 5 per cent customs duty, countervailing duty of 10 per cent and 4 per cent special additional duty, on the import of foreign power equipment.
In January this year, Arun Maira had recommended a 14 per cent import duty on power generation equipment to strike a balance between protecting local manufacturers and the need to import equipment to boost power production.
However, the finance ministry's decision takes into account the view that domestic manufacturers are not able to plug the demand-supply gap for power equipment.
"More than 50 per cent of the total orders have been placed with BHEL. The performance of BHEL has never been entirely satisfactory, with the actual achievement against targets having never gone beyond 70 per cent in the immediate preceding years," said an internal note of the finance ministry.
The ministry of power was also against levying of any import duty as it could have resulted in shortfall in capacity addition target for the 11th Plan.
The finance ministry has also said that levying of import duty will result in increase in power tariffs to the tune of 15-20 paisa per unit.
Indian power companies have placed orders with Chinese equipment manufacturer to the tune of 26,000 Mw because of the slow delivery cycle of local manufacturers to meet growing demand. .
While the per Mw cost of completion of a thermal power project using Chinese equipment is around Rs 3.5 crore to Rs4 crore, it works out to Rs 4 crore to Rs 5.5 crore for projects using equipment from elsewhere.
Taking note of the Maira committee's recommendations, the ministry of finance has called the problems faced by the Indian manufacturers "generic".
This analysis (Maira committee's) does not factor in the related advantages of India as a manufacturing base; ignores the fact that the extent of imported element in ingenious manufacture is only about 30 per cent and seeks to address infrastructure related disadvantages through taxation measures.
Maira expressed his disappointment with the remarks of the finance ministry, saying, "Both domestic and foreign manufacturers should get a level playing field. Otherwise you will handicap the domestic sector. Even the exchange rate scenario in the country will give added advantage to foreign manufacturers, as imports will get cheaper."
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The domestic capital goods manufacturers were lobbying hard with the government to get this proposal passed for over 2 years. The proposal was approved by a committee of secretaries (CoS), based on the recommendations made by a committee headed by Planning Commission member Arun Maira.
The CoS, in its July 12 meeting, had approved a duty structure of 5 per cent customs duty, countervailing duty of 10 per cent and 4 per cent special additional duty, on the import of foreign power equipment.
In January this year, Arun Maira had recommended a 14 per cent import duty on power generation equipment to strike a balance between protecting local manufacturers and the need to import equipment to boost power production.
However, the finance ministry's decision takes into account the view that domestic manufacturers are not able to plug the demand-supply gap for power equipment.
"More than 50 per cent of the total orders have been placed with BHEL. The performance of BHEL has never been entirely satisfactory, with the actual achievement against targets having never gone beyond 70 per cent in the immediate preceding years," said an internal note of the finance ministry.
The ministry of power was also against levying of any import duty as it could have resulted in shortfall in capacity addition target for the 11th Plan.
The finance ministry has also said that levying of import duty will result in increase in power tariffs to the tune of 15-20 paisa per unit.
Indian power companies have placed orders with Chinese equipment manufacturer to the tune of 26,000 Mw because of the slow delivery cycle of local manufacturers to meet growing demand. .
While the per Mw cost of completion of a thermal power project using Chinese equipment is around Rs 3.5 crore to Rs4 crore, it works out to Rs 4 crore to Rs 5.5 crore for projects using equipment from elsewhere.
Taking note of the Maira committee's recommendations, the ministry of finance has called the problems faced by the Indian manufacturers "generic".
This analysis (Maira committee's) does not factor in the related advantages of India as a manufacturing base; ignores the fact that the extent of imported element in ingenious manufacture is only about 30 per cent and seeks to address infrastructure related disadvantages through taxation measures.
Maira expressed his disappointment with the remarks of the finance ministry, saying, "Both domestic and foreign manufacturers should get a level playing field. Otherwise you will handicap the domestic sector. Even the exchange rate scenario in the country will give added advantage to foreign manufacturers, as imports will get cheaper."
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Larsen & Toubro India has cancelled plans to expand power equipment manufacturing capacity
Engineering major Larsen & Toubro has decided to shelve the plans to expand its existing power equipment manufacturing capacity of 5,000 MW per annum in the wake of the government's refusal to impose duty on imported equipment, especially from China.
"Out of the question… We are even apprehensive of utilising the current capacity, would want to increase the capacity once the policy on chinese equipment import is clear," Larsen & Toubro Chairman A M Naik said
It is believed finance ministry has objected to the imposition of import duty on power equipment sourced from overseas, even though domestic manufacturers had made several representations for a level-playing field with Chinese equipment firms.
Power equipment-makers like state-run BHEL and L&T had asked for imposition of import duty on power equipment sourced from abroad.
According to sources, domestic players have lost several contracts for sourcing power equipment within the country to Chinese companies, which have an advantage due to the zero duty structure on imports.
Under the Mega Power Policy, imports of power equipment for thermal projects with a capacity of 1,000 Mw and above and hydel plants of more than 500 Mw are exempted from excise and customs duty.
Earlier, the Ministry of Power had proposed imposing a 10 per cent import duty on power equipment, besides a 5 per cent countervailing duty and a 4 per cent special additional duty.
Domestic equipment makers like BHEL and L&T are said to have favoured the imposition of duty on imported power equipment to create a level-playing field for homegrown companies in the backdrop of cheaper imports from other countries.
However, independent power producers(IPP) like Reliance Power and Tata Power have opposed the duty.
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"Out of the question… We are even apprehensive of utilising the current capacity, would want to increase the capacity once the policy on chinese equipment import is clear," Larsen & Toubro Chairman A M Naik said
It is believed finance ministry has objected to the imposition of import duty on power equipment sourced from overseas, even though domestic manufacturers had made several representations for a level-playing field with Chinese equipment firms.
Power equipment-makers like state-run BHEL and L&T had asked for imposition of import duty on power equipment sourced from abroad.
According to sources, domestic players have lost several contracts for sourcing power equipment within the country to Chinese companies, which have an advantage due to the zero duty structure on imports.
Under the Mega Power Policy, imports of power equipment for thermal projects with a capacity of 1,000 Mw and above and hydel plants of more than 500 Mw are exempted from excise and customs duty.
Earlier, the Ministry of Power had proposed imposing a 10 per cent import duty on power equipment, besides a 5 per cent countervailing duty and a 4 per cent special additional duty.
Domestic equipment makers like BHEL and L&T are said to have favoured the imposition of duty on imported power equipment to create a level-playing field for homegrown companies in the backdrop of cheaper imports from other countries.
However, independent power producers(IPP) like Reliance Power and Tata Power have opposed the duty.
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Sunday, 27 February 2011
HPCL to more than double Vizag Refinery capacity
State-run refiner Hindustan Petroleum Corp (HPCL) plans to more than double capacity at its Vizag site in 5-6 years with about $2.2 billion of investment, its head S. Roy Choudhury said on Friday.
"We have to get environment clearance which I hope we should get in July. It will take 4-5 years to build the refinery ... should be ready by 2016-2017," he told reporters.
He said HPCL planned to boost capacity at the 8.3 million tonne per year plant, located in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, by 9 million tonnes per year with investment of Rs 10,000 crore ($2.20 billion).
HPCL currently also has a 130,000 bpd plant in Mumbai.
It has previously said it plans to expand overall capacity to 42 million tonne per year, or 840,000 barrels per day (bpd) from 16 million tonne in FY10 as it expects to nearly double products sales in FY17.
It said in September last year it could revive a refinery-cum-petrochemicals project in Vizag and was talking to both Indian and international companies. The project was put on hold in 2007 when petrochemical demand was seen too weak to justify the investment.
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"We have to get environment clearance which I hope we should get in July. It will take 4-5 years to build the refinery ... should be ready by 2016-2017," he told reporters.
He said HPCL planned to boost capacity at the 8.3 million tonne per year plant, located in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, by 9 million tonnes per year with investment of Rs 10,000 crore ($2.20 billion).
HPCL currently also has a 130,000 bpd plant in Mumbai.
It has previously said it plans to expand overall capacity to 42 million tonne per year, or 840,000 barrels per day (bpd) from 16 million tonne in FY10 as it expects to nearly double products sales in FY17.
It said in September last year it could revive a refinery-cum-petrochemicals project in Vizag and was talking to both Indian and international companies. The project was put on hold in 2007 when petrochemical demand was seen too weak to justify the investment.
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Thursday, 24 February 2011
Brighton Group, USA to set up Rs 2880 Cr Nuclear Power Equipment Facility at Vizag, India
The US-based Brighton Group today signed a memorandum of understanding with the Andhra Pradesh government for setting up a Rs 2,880 crore nuclear power equipment manufacturing facility near Visakhapatnam.
This is the maiden venture in India of the Brighton Group that has a major presence in China apart from the US.
Brighton President and Chief Executive Officer Kit Kung and Andhra Pradesh Principal Secretary (Industries) B Sam Bob signed the MoU in the presence of state Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, Major Industries Minister J Geeta Reddy and other officials in the state Secretariat.
"Brighton will invest Rs 2,880 crore and provide direct employment to 2,500 highly-skilled personnel, including 500 engineers, and indirect employment to another 10,000 persons. The proposed plant will be set up on an 800-acre site at Nakkapalli in Visakhapatnam district," Geeta Reddy said.
"In the next five years, as many as one lakh people will get employment, both direct and indirect, with the setting up of Brighton facility as well as several ancillary units," she added.
Brighton has sought Special Economic Zone status for their facility which would be ready for commercialisation in 24-30 months.
"The Indian plant will be a replica of the Chinese one. The proposed facility near Vizag will service not only the Indian nuclear power plants but also the international markets," Kung added.
Stating that 30,000 tonnes of steel would go into manufacturing the nuclear reactor units, Kung said they would mostly use 'scrap' brought from ship-breaking units in India and abroad.
The Vizag facility would manufacture three to four nuclear reactor units per annum at a cost of USD 200 million each.
Founded by Kung in 1980, Brighton Group is a heavy equipment and forged steel manufacturing company. It manufactures the largest forged steel components used in third generation nuclear power plants besides conventional power plants, ship-building and petrochemicals.
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This is the maiden venture in India of the Brighton Group that has a major presence in China apart from the US.
Brighton President and Chief Executive Officer Kit Kung and Andhra Pradesh Principal Secretary (Industries) B Sam Bob signed the MoU in the presence of state Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, Major Industries Minister J Geeta Reddy and other officials in the state Secretariat.
"Brighton will invest Rs 2,880 crore and provide direct employment to 2,500 highly-skilled personnel, including 500 engineers, and indirect employment to another 10,000 persons. The proposed plant will be set up on an 800-acre site at Nakkapalli in Visakhapatnam district," Geeta Reddy said.
"In the next five years, as many as one lakh people will get employment, both direct and indirect, with the setting up of Brighton facility as well as several ancillary units," she added.
Brighton has sought Special Economic Zone status for their facility which would be ready for commercialisation in 24-30 months.
"The Indian plant will be a replica of the Chinese one. The proposed facility near Vizag will service not only the Indian nuclear power plants but also the international markets," Kung added.
Stating that 30,000 tonnes of steel would go into manufacturing the nuclear reactor units, Kung said they would mostly use 'scrap' brought from ship-breaking units in India and abroad.
The Vizag facility would manufacture three to four nuclear reactor units per annum at a cost of USD 200 million each.
Founded by Kung in 1980, Brighton Group is a heavy equipment and forged steel manufacturing company. It manufactures the largest forged steel components used in third generation nuclear power plants besides conventional power plants, ship-building and petrochemicals.
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Aquatech Systems Asia & AECOM in pact for wastewater treatment projects in India
AECOM which is a provider of professional technical and management support services to markets like transportation, facilities, environmental, etc has signed an exclusive agreement with Aquatech Systems Asia, for its biological treatment technology for industrial and municipal applications in the India market.
Aquatech Systems Asia, based in the city, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Aquatech International, USA. AECOM's design-build business in the UK has signed this agreement with Aquatech.
Following extensive screening of the market for the most efficient and competitive sequence batch reactor (SBR) technology, we have identified that AECOM's cyclic activated sludge system fits our needs. We are pleased to be working with AECOM's design-build business. With this advanced SBR technology, we will enhance our position in the Indian waste water treatment market, Devesh Sharma, managing director, Aquatech said.
Cyclic activated sludge system (CASS), an advanced SBR process, is a combination of biological selector and variable volume reactor process.
The process operates with a single sludge in a single reactor basin to accomplish both biological treatment and solids-liquid separation, thereby minimising the plant footprint.
We are very excited about Aquatech's capabilities and the enormous market potential for our CASS technology in India. Now we have found the right local partner and we are looking forward to pioneering this technology together in India, said Malcolm Watchorn, programme manager for AECOM design-build. CASS SBR technology has successfully been applied in a large number of varied industrial and municipal plants round the globe. Some of these references have capacities in excess of 150 million liters per day and have innovative constructional features.
The two partners have already secured an assignment with Aquatech recently being awarded the integrated waste treatment and recycle-reuse project at Mumbai International Airport, which will feature CASS technology.
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Aquatech Systems Asia, based in the city, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Aquatech International, USA. AECOM's design-build business in the UK has signed this agreement with Aquatech.
Following extensive screening of the market for the most efficient and competitive sequence batch reactor (SBR) technology, we have identified that AECOM's cyclic activated sludge system fits our needs. We are pleased to be working with AECOM's design-build business. With this advanced SBR technology, we will enhance our position in the Indian waste water treatment market, Devesh Sharma, managing director, Aquatech said.
Cyclic activated sludge system (CASS), an advanced SBR process, is a combination of biological selector and variable volume reactor process.
The process operates with a single sludge in a single reactor basin to accomplish both biological treatment and solids-liquid separation, thereby minimising the plant footprint.
We are very excited about Aquatech's capabilities and the enormous market potential for our CASS technology in India. Now we have found the right local partner and we are looking forward to pioneering this technology together in India, said Malcolm Watchorn, programme manager for AECOM design-build. CASS SBR technology has successfully been applied in a large number of varied industrial and municipal plants round the globe. Some of these references have capacities in excess of 150 million liters per day and have innovative constructional features.
The two partners have already secured an assignment with Aquatech recently being awarded the integrated waste treatment and recycle-reuse project at Mumbai International Airport, which will feature CASS technology.
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Wednesday, 23 February 2011
UK companies eye tie-ups with Indian nuclear businesses
UK civil nuclear industry has firmed up plan for technical as well as financial tie-ups with the Indian counterparts.
As a beginning, UK's industrial major Sheffied has signed a joint venture pact with Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) to make forging equipment not only to cater to the needs of nuclear industries from India and the UK but also the global market. Besides, Hindustran Construction Company has inked MoU with Amec plc for consulting services for fabrication of nuclear plants. UK's Nuvia, which is the nuclear specialist, covering both civilian and defence sectors, across the complete lifecycle from New Build, through Operations and Maintenance, to final decommissioning and waste disposal, has joined hands with Punj Lloyd.
Lady Judge, former chairman of UK Atomic Energy Authority and business ambassador told Business Standard BHEL chairman has offered to set up a working group to finetune JV arrangement in order to global assignments. She informed that India's engineering giant L&T has tied up with Rolls Royce to work in the field of instrumentation control. Moreover, Serco, which offers operational, management and consulting expertise in nuclear sector, plans to increase its presence in India's nuclear sector. Undoubtedly, India is leading the present nuclear renaissance and industries from the UK and India will have amply opportunities of mutual benefits. She said Indian and UK universities and educational institutions are currently spending 1.4 sterling each on research and training in the nuclear sector.
Lady Judge, who was in Mumbai along with a high level delegation of British companies engaged in civil nuclear sector headed by Keith Parker, said UK has launched nuclear addition of 16 GW through private sector companies and the first unit is expected to be commissioned in 2018. On the other hand, India plans to increase its nuclear capacity to 25 per cent at 63 GW by 2032 from the present level of 3 per cent.
One thing is clear that nuclear energy will help provide energy security, energy independence and address climate change issue. The business communities of both sides have a very important role to play in making sure that they do continue. UK and Indian industries can explore number of opportunities in nuclear support, equipment manufacturing and installation, operation and maintenance, monitoring and control system and education and training, she added.
As far as India's regulatory set up for nuclear sector is concerned, Lady Judge said the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board is doing fine job. I do not expect India to follow regulatory set up of US, UK or other nuclear countries but should strengthen on its own. India's regulatory system is well established, she opined.
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As a beginning, UK's industrial major Sheffied has signed a joint venture pact with Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) to make forging equipment not only to cater to the needs of nuclear industries from India and the UK but also the global market. Besides, Hindustran Construction Company has inked MoU with Amec plc for consulting services for fabrication of nuclear plants. UK's Nuvia, which is the nuclear specialist, covering both civilian and defence sectors, across the complete lifecycle from New Build, through Operations and Maintenance, to final decommissioning and waste disposal, has joined hands with Punj Lloyd.
Lady Judge, former chairman of UK Atomic Energy Authority and business ambassador told Business Standard BHEL chairman has offered to set up a working group to finetune JV arrangement in order to global assignments. She informed that India's engineering giant L&T has tied up with Rolls Royce to work in the field of instrumentation control. Moreover, Serco, which offers operational, management and consulting expertise in nuclear sector, plans to increase its presence in India's nuclear sector. Undoubtedly, India is leading the present nuclear renaissance and industries from the UK and India will have amply opportunities of mutual benefits. She said Indian and UK universities and educational institutions are currently spending 1.4 sterling each on research and training in the nuclear sector.
Lady Judge, who was in Mumbai along with a high level delegation of British companies engaged in civil nuclear sector headed by Keith Parker, said UK has launched nuclear addition of 16 GW through private sector companies and the first unit is expected to be commissioned in 2018. On the other hand, India plans to increase its nuclear capacity to 25 per cent at 63 GW by 2032 from the present level of 3 per cent.
One thing is clear that nuclear energy will help provide energy security, energy independence and address climate change issue. The business communities of both sides have a very important role to play in making sure that they do continue. UK and Indian industries can explore number of opportunities in nuclear support, equipment manufacturing and installation, operation and maintenance, monitoring and control system and education and training, she added.
As far as India's regulatory set up for nuclear sector is concerned, Lady Judge said the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board is doing fine job. I do not expect India to follow regulatory set up of US, UK or other nuclear countries but should strengthen on its own. India's regulatory system is well established, she opined.
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Monday, 21 February 2011
NMDC in talks with Tata Steel for setting up 2-mtpa steel plant at Bastar in Chhattisgarh
Iron ore miner NMDC today said it is in talks with Tata Steel to sign an equal joint venture for setting up a 2-mtpa steel plant at Bastar in Chhattisgarh.
"We are in talks with Tata Steel to set up 50:50 JV for a 2-mtpa steel plant in South Bastar," NMDC Technical Director N K Nanda told reporters on the sidelines of a conference here.
Nanda, however, declined to divulge any further details on the proposed joint venture.
"Nothing has been finalised, only an MoU has been signed between Tata and us. Probably after sometime, NMDC and Tata may come together to set up a 2 million tonne per annum (mtpa) steel plant," he said.
"To take it forward, both the Boards will have to discuss it further," Nanda added.
State-run NMDC and Tata Steel had signed the MoU in January last year to examine the possibility of a strategic alliance for acquisition, exploration and development of mines and setting up integrated steel plants.
The iron ore miner has, however, started working on its own 3-mtpa steel plant in Chhattisgarh.
"We are going ahead with our own steel plant (of 3 MTPA). We have already floated nine tenders for that. Two of them -- main plant and blast furnace -- have been finalised. We are expecting that production will begin by 2014," he said.
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"We are in talks with Tata Steel to set up 50:50 JV for a 2-mtpa steel plant in South Bastar," NMDC Technical Director N K Nanda told reporters on the sidelines of a conference here.
Nanda, however, declined to divulge any further details on the proposed joint venture.
"Nothing has been finalised, only an MoU has been signed between Tata and us. Probably after sometime, NMDC and Tata may come together to set up a 2 million tonne per annum (mtpa) steel plant," he said.
"To take it forward, both the Boards will have to discuss it further," Nanda added.
State-run NMDC and Tata Steel had signed the MoU in January last year to examine the possibility of a strategic alliance for acquisition, exploration and development of mines and setting up integrated steel plants.
The iron ore miner has, however, started working on its own 3-mtpa steel plant in Chhattisgarh.
"We are going ahead with our own steel plant (of 3 MTPA). We have already floated nine tenders for that. Two of them -- main plant and blast furnace -- have been finalised. We are expecting that production will begin by 2014," he said.
Rgds,
ANUP SHAH
ADROITT FLOW CONTROL PVT. LTD.
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Europe's largest speciality chemical company, Lanxess AG, sees India as one of its largest markets outside Europe.
Q&A: Joerg Strassburger, MD, Lanxess India
Europe's largest speciality chemical company, Lanxess AG, sees India as one of its largest markets outside Europe. Joerg Strassburger, country representative and managing director of Lanxess India, talks of its growth plans in an interview. Edited excerpts:
Lanxess has been present in India for the past six years. How do you view the growth story so far?
Lanxess was incorporated in India on February 2004 under the name Bayer Chemicals India. Being part of the Bayer group for over 100 years, we have a long relationship with India, dating back to 1888. Bayer was also having agency relationships with India for pigments and other products and started a production facility at Thane in 1967. In the past three years, Lanxess AG has invested over 50 million (Rs 310 crore) here, realising India's potential for our products. It is the second largest investment by Lanxess in any developing economy, after Brazil. In 2007, Lanxess decided to build a new ion exchange resin plant in Jhagadia, Gujarat, and also closed a rubber chemicals plant in Thane and moved it to Jhagadia. A major breakthrough was acquisition of the chemical businesses and assets of Gwalior Chemicals. Last year was an important one for our Indian operations, since we started the rubber chemical plant and ion exchange resin plant and commissioned co-generation steam and power plants at the Jhagadia and Nagda (Madhya Pradesh) sites.
How do you view the potential for Lanxess' growth in India?
All the 13 business units of Lanxess AG have operations in India and we are a leading supplier of performance polymers, advanced intermediaries and performance chemical products. Among these, seven business units have production facilities in India. I see maximum growth for the company from the automobile and paint sectors, which are growing above the GDP rate. Our rubber chemicals technologies are used worldwide and we are working with several Indian automobile OEMs (original equipment makers) to develop more fuel-efficient, lighter metal and plastic combined designs for automobiles. Water treatment is another area which will be a bigger one for us in India in future. We had revenues of close to 128 million (Rs 790 crore) in 2009 and the soon-to-be announced figures for 2010 will be much higher, since some revenues of the acquired Gwalior Chemicals will be reflected in this year's revenues.
What are your growth strategies for the coming years? Are you looking at further acquisitions?
We will start a semi-crystalline products manufacturing facility at Jhagadia and this will start production by 2012. The recently started ion exchange unit at Jhagadia will be oriented mainly as an export unit. We are also constantly looking at expanding in India. Our leather and material protection unit in Madurai, spread across 25 hectares with a production capacity of 12,000 tonnes per annum, will be relocated to the integrated Jhagadia site. Basic chemicals are produced at Nagda, from the acquired facility. We now employ about 750 people in India and this will increase significantly in the coming years. We are always on the lookout for suitable targets for acquisitions, at suitable prices. But money will not be a constraint in acquiring the right target.
How do you view the business envir onment in India? Many multinational corporations are complaining about procedural delays due to environment issues, land acquisitions and other various clearances.
So far, we have not encountered such major issues. It is necessary for the growth of this country to have the rules implemented properly. The rules applicable for one particular company should be the same for another company 100 metres away. I have seen this (problem) in India. Lots of clearances and bureaucratic objections at project development and execution stage will cause fear among corporations willing to invest in India.
Rgds,
ANUP SHAH
ADROITT FLOW CONTROL PVT. LTD.
CDMA +91 93200 01463
(sent via vodafone blackberrry)
Europe's largest speciality chemical company, Lanxess AG, sees India as one of its largest markets outside Europe. Joerg Strassburger, country representative and managing director of Lanxess India, talks of its growth plans in an interview. Edited excerpts:
Lanxess has been present in India for the past six years. How do you view the growth story so far?
Lanxess was incorporated in India on February 2004 under the name Bayer Chemicals India. Being part of the Bayer group for over 100 years, we have a long relationship with India, dating back to 1888. Bayer was also having agency relationships with India for pigments and other products and started a production facility at Thane in 1967. In the past three years, Lanxess AG has invested over 50 million (Rs 310 crore) here, realising India's potential for our products. It is the second largest investment by Lanxess in any developing economy, after Brazil. In 2007, Lanxess decided to build a new ion exchange resin plant in Jhagadia, Gujarat, and also closed a rubber chemicals plant in Thane and moved it to Jhagadia. A major breakthrough was acquisition of the chemical businesses and assets of Gwalior Chemicals. Last year was an important one for our Indian operations, since we started the rubber chemical plant and ion exchange resin plant and commissioned co-generation steam and power plants at the Jhagadia and Nagda (Madhya Pradesh) sites.
How do you view the potential for Lanxess' growth in India?
All the 13 business units of Lanxess AG have operations in India and we are a leading supplier of performance polymers, advanced intermediaries and performance chemical products. Among these, seven business units have production facilities in India. I see maximum growth for the company from the automobile and paint sectors, which are growing above the GDP rate. Our rubber chemicals technologies are used worldwide and we are working with several Indian automobile OEMs (original equipment makers) to develop more fuel-efficient, lighter metal and plastic combined designs for automobiles. Water treatment is another area which will be a bigger one for us in India in future. We had revenues of close to 128 million (Rs 790 crore) in 2009 and the soon-to-be announced figures for 2010 will be much higher, since some revenues of the acquired Gwalior Chemicals will be reflected in this year's revenues.
What are your growth strategies for the coming years? Are you looking at further acquisitions?
We will start a semi-crystalline products manufacturing facility at Jhagadia and this will start production by 2012. The recently started ion exchange unit at Jhagadia will be oriented mainly as an export unit. We are also constantly looking at expanding in India. Our leather and material protection unit in Madurai, spread across 25 hectares with a production capacity of 12,000 tonnes per annum, will be relocated to the integrated Jhagadia site. Basic chemicals are produced at Nagda, from the acquired facility. We now employ about 750 people in India and this will increase significantly in the coming years. We are always on the lookout for suitable targets for acquisitions, at suitable prices. But money will not be a constraint in acquiring the right target.
How do you view the business envir onment in India? Many multinational corporations are complaining about procedural delays due to environment issues, land acquisitions and other various clearances.
So far, we have not encountered such major issues. It is necessary for the growth of this country to have the rules implemented properly. The rules applicable for one particular company should be the same for another company 100 metres away. I have seen this (problem) in India. Lots of clearances and bureaucratic objections at project development and execution stage will cause fear among corporations willing to invest in India.
Rgds,
ANUP SHAH
ADROITT FLOW CONTROL PVT. LTD.
CDMA +91 93200 01463
(sent via vodafone blackberrry)
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