Are spread across eleven integrated plants one white

are spread across eleven integrated plants, one white cement plant, one clinkerisation plant
in UAE, fifteen grinding units, and five terminals — four in India and one in Sri Lanka.
Most of the plants have ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certification. In addition,
two plants have received ISO 27001 certification and four have received SA 8000
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certification. The process is currently underway for the remaining plants. The company
exports over 2.5 million tonnes per annum, which is about 30 per cent of the country's total
exports. The export market comprises of countries around the Indian Ocean, Africa, Europe
and the Middle East. Export is a thrust area in the company's strategy for growth.
UltraTech's products include Ordinary Portland cement, Portland Pozzolana cement and
Portland blast furnace slag cement.
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Ordinary Portland cement
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Portland blast furnace slag cement
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Portland Pozzolana cement
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Cement to European and Sri Lankan norms
Ordinary Portland cement
Ordinary portland cement is the most commonly used cement for a wide range of
applications. These applications cover dry-lean mixes, general-purpose ready-mixes, and
even high strength pre-cast and pre-stressed concrete.
Portland blast furnace slag cement
Portland blast-furnace slag cement contains up to 70 per cent of finely ground, granulated
blast-furnace slag, a nonmetallic product consisting essentially of silicates and alumino-
silicates of calcium. Slag brings with it the advantage of the energy invested in the slag
making. Grinding slag for cement replacement takes only 25 per cent of the energy needed
to manufacture portland cement. Using slag cement to replace a portion of portland cement
in a concrete mixture is a useful method to make concrete better and more consistent.
Portland blast-furnace slag cement has a lighter colour, better concrete workability, easier
finishability, higher compressive and flexural strength, lower permeability, improved
resistance to aggressive chemicals and more consistent plastic and hardened consistency.
Portland Pozzolana cement
Portland pozzolana cement is ordinary portland cement blended with pozzolanic materials
(power-station fly ash, burnt clays, ash from burnt plant material or silicious earths), either
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together or separately. Portland clinker is ground with gypsum and pozzolanic materials
which, though they do not have cementing properties in themselves, combine chemically
with portland cement in the presence of water to form extra strong cementing material
which resists wet cracking, thermal cracking and has a high degree of cohesion and
workability in concrete and mortar.
"As a Group we have always operated and continue to operate our businesses as Trustees
with a deep rooted obligation to synergise growth with responsibility."
— Mr Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman, Aditya Birla Group
The cement industry relies heavily on natural resources to fuel its operations. As these
dwindle, the imperative is clear — alternative sources of energy have to be sought out and
the use of existing resources has to be reduced, or eliminated altogether. Only then can