Overview

Satna (Madhya Pradesh), Chanderia (Rajasthan), Durgapur (West

Bengal),
Raebareli
(Uttar
Pradesh)
The Cement Division of Birla Corporation Limited has seven plants, two
each at Satna (M.P.) - Satna Cement Works & Birla Vikas Cement,
Chanderia (Rajasthan) - Birla Cement Works & Chanderia Cement Works,
Durgapur (W.B.) - Durgapur Cement Works & Durga Hitech Cement - and
one at Raebareli (U.P.)-Raebareli Cement Works. They manufacture varieties
of cement like Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC), 43 & 53 grades, Portland
Pozzolana Cement (PPC), Fly Ash - based PPC, Low Alkali Portland
Cement, Portland Slag Cement, Low Heat Cement and Sulphate Resistant
Cement.

The cement is marketed under the brand names of Birla Cement SAMRAT, Birla Cement
KHAJURAHO, Birla Cement CHETAK and Birla Premium Cement, bringing the product
under the common brand of Birla Cement while retaining the niche identity of SAMRAT for
blended cement, i.e. PPC & PSC, for all the units, KHAJURAHO (for the OPC product of
Satna)
and CHETAK (for
the
OPC
product
of
Chanderia).
The Division exports large quantities of cement to Nepal, under the brand names of Birla
Cement Samrat, Birla Cement Khajuraho and Birla Cement. The special variety of Birla
Cement SAMRAT, being produced by the company, is ideal for mass concrete, RCC/prestressed/precast structure (for reduced thermal crack), increased water tightness of concrete,
increased resistance to sulphate soils and aggressive water and increased resistance to alkali
aggregate
reaction
besides
corrosion
resistant
properties.
All our cement plants are ISO 9001:2000 Certificated, covering the entire range of
production and marketing. SCW & BVC have received the IS/ISO 14001 certificate, an
international recognition for "Implementation of Environmental Management System". (SCW
has been awarded GREENTECH Safety Silver Award 2009 and GREENTECH Environment
Excellence Award 2008 by GREENTECH Foundation, New Delhi. It has also received the First
Prize for Maximum Reduction in KWH/ton of cement in M.P. from FLS Energy Award, Bhopal,
in 2008. The Satna units received the Quality Circle Excellence Award from Quality Circle
Forum of India, Durgapur Chapter; Quality Circle Excellence Award and Quality Circle
Distinguish Award from Quality Circle Forum of India, Kanpur Chapter, both in 2008, and
Quality Circle Forum of India, Baroda. SCW has received the National Award for Excellence in
Water Management from CII, Hyderabad and First Prize for Lowest Thermal Energy
Consumption K. Cal/kg clinker under the 10th FLS Energy Award 2007.
BVC has received the National Award for Excellence in Water Management from CII,
Hyderabad, National Award for Energy Efficiency in Indian Cement Industry from NCCBM,

New Delhi and Lowest Electrical Energy Consumption K. cal/kg clinker under the 10th FLS
Energy Award in 2007. NCBM has given BVC the "Second Best Improvement in Electrical
Energy Performance" Award for 2006-07. SCW received the Best Energy Conservation
Implementation Gold Award from Rajiv Gandhi Memorial National Award, Hyderabad, in 2004.
BCW & CCW have received the IS/ISO : 14001 Certification for "Environmental
Management System". BCW & CCW have bagged various awards from the NPC & NCCBM.
CCW has won the "Lai Bahadur Shastri Memorial National" award for "Excellent Pollution
Control Implementation" for 2001-02 by International Greenland Society. VEC, Chennai, chose
the Chanderia units for s stained implementation of condition monitoring and continued Machine
Health Improvement award during 2001-02. The "Workers Education Trophy" was awarded by
the Central Board for Workers Education, Udaipur, Ministry of Labour, Government of India, for
excellent contribution and implementation of workers training programmes during 1998-99 &
again in 2001-02.
The laboratories of BCW & CCW have been accredited by NABL (National Accreditation Board
of
Testing
and
Calibration
Laboratories)
as
per
ISO/IEC
17025.
BCL has regularly been receiving CAPEXIL awards for cement exports since the last more than
15
years.
Power Plants : The Cement Division has two high-ash coal-based captive power plants at Satna
(27 MW) and Chanderia (29.8 MW) each. The power plant at Chanderia received the FIVE 'S'
Workplace
Management
System
Certification
from
QCFI,
Secunderabad.
Vindhyachal
Steel
Foundry
Vindhyachal Steel Foundry is a unit of BCL at Satna. It has access to the latest technology and
infrastructure to manufacture castings required by cement plants as per national/international
standards