FLSmidth & Co A/S, a leading provider of engineering, equipment and service solutions to the global mining and cement industries, and Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd, a leading Indian cement producer and a subsidiary of Dalmia Bharat Limited, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate in the research and development of disruptive solutions for next-generation cement production.
The MoU is the cornerstone of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tripartite visit to Europe, aimed at strengthening ties in trade, energy and green technology.
It was signed under the Green Strategic Partnership initiatives of Denmark and India, which cover all aspects of energy and climate change.
It could now set up industrial demonstration projects under the Green Strategic Partnership for Innovative and Evolving Decarbonisation Technologies, with the approval of both the Prime Ministers and the Danish government.
According to the MoU, the two companies will collaborate in a wide range of areas, including developing new ideas and innovative solutions to replace conventional energy with renewable sources using chemical composition analysis and advances in the combustion process.
The companies will also look for ways to reduce greenhouse gases and other pollutants to achieve the long-term goal of zero emissions by combining primary mitigation and filtering techniques.
Both parties agree to contribute ideas and R&D to a large-scale cement factory where groundbreaking sustainability solutions for the cement and construction industry can be created.
Joint research initiatives can be conducted while maintaining mutual respect for research ideas, copyrights, patents and resources. Both companies can apply for patents for successful research discoveries, so that the benefits are shared in accordance with international standards and Indian and international regulations.
The broad scope of the MoU would have a significant impact on critical areas such as the replacement of fossil fuels with industrial waste, the capture and use of carbon in cement plants, and low-carbon cement for greenhouse gases.
Mr. Carsten Riisberg Lund, President Cement Industry of FLSmidth, told the media that the green transformation of the cement industry is at the heart of what they do and excited to partner with Dalmia Cement to achieve shared goals.
He said they are helping customers in the mining and cement sectors in their efforts to achieve zero emissions by 2030 through the MissionZero project.
The FLSmidth president said the signing of this agreement marks the beginning of a partnership to accelerate the research and implementation of solutions needed to decarbonise the cement and concrete industry, leveraging their respective industry leadership positions.
According to both DalmiaCement and FLSmidth, although there have been several impressive improvements in the past century in areas such as grinding, transportation, emissions control, quality control, automation, and so on, the main innovation has been the change of pyrolysis. process from wet to dry process. Most technical developments in the past 50 years have focused on achieving maximum performance and productivity.