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Sterlite Industries India Limited, Silvassa, undertakes water conservation efforts as a corporate initiative (2007)

This documentation provides a lot of specific details of individual process modifications and presents results in terms of both physical and financial savings

Author : Silvassa, Sterlite Industries India Ltd

This presentation describes the efforts undertaken by Sterlite Industries India Limited, Silvaasa at water conservation and management. Sterlite, a subsidiary of the London-listed metals and mining major Vedanta Resources Group is a leading producer of electrolytic grade copper in India.

Their water conservation documentation is particularly interesting because it provides a lot of specific details of savings brought about by individual process modifications and presents results in terms of both physical and financial savings.

Initiatives include:

  • Modification in the thermosyphon cooling water arrangement,
  • Condensate recovery of RVD for filter press backwashing
  • Process modification in the leaching section to reduce steam consumption
  • Modification of nozzles in ASWM for better drying & reduction in water consumption
  • Reuse of collected condensate water generated by anode casting cooled water
  • Rainwater harvesting
  • Conversion of gland packing pumps into mechanical seal
  • Provision of electrolytic cell covers in the refinery and the use of a lube cooled heat exchanger for compressors with recirculation.

An interesting statistic that highlights the good business sense of these measures is that for a total of Rs.1.55 million spent on them, no less than Rs. 1.15 million, or in other words nearly 75% of the investment is recovered in the form of savings.

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