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Bihar
Caustic & Chemicals Limited (BCCL) was incorporated
as a joint venture between the Aditya Birla Group
and the Bihar State Industrial Development Corporation.
The unit was set up with the objective of catering
to the caustic soda requirements of Hindalco,
and to contribute towards the economic development
of the backward region of Palamau district in
Jharkhand. Commissioned in 1984 with an initial
caustic soda capacity of 100 tpd, BCCL has since
grown to become the leading caustic soda producer
in the northern and eastern region of the country.
It has set benchmark as the lowest mercury consuming
caustic soda plant in India with its cell efficiency
comparable to the best in world.
The
company commissioned a 30 mw captive power plant
in the year 2000 and subsequently plant capacity
was enhanced to 150 tpd. In the year 2006, its
capacity was increased to 265 tpd by converting
the Mercury Cell Technology to the more environment
friendly Membrane Cell technology supplied by
UHDENORA.
Further,
the company has commissioned a new 12000 tpa aluminium
chloride plant. Having recorded voluminous growth
in capacity and self sufficiency in power, BCCL
meets 80 per cent of Hindalco’s caustic soda
requirements.
Present
capacities of the plant are:
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Product
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Installed
capacity
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| Caustic
soda (100%NaOH) |
92,750 mt
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| Liquid
chlorine |
65,785
mt
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| Hydrochloric
acid (100%) |
29,040mt
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| Sodium
hypochlorite (C12weight) |
1,800mt
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| Compressed
hydrogen |
17,42,400nm3
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| Aluminium
chloride |
12000tpa
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| Board
of Directors |
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Mr.
A. K. Agarwala |
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Mr.
P. P. Sharma |
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Mr.
Biswajit Choudhuri |
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Mr.
Jagdish Chandar Chopra |
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Mr.
Shailesh V. Haribhakti |
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Mr.
K. K. Maheshwari |
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Mr.
Subrajit Bhowmick (Nominee of IDBI) |
| Chemical
business director |
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Mr.
K. K. Maheshwari |
| Chemical
SBU head |
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Mr.
K. C. Jhanwar |
| Managing
director |
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Mr.
S.S. Gupta |
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Company
secretary
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Mr.
Akash Mishra |
Awards and certifications
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IMC
Ramakrishna Bajaj National Quality Award 2007
in the manufacturing category |
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FICCI
Award for community development in 2007 |
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RC
logo by the Indian Chemical Council from January
2007 to December 2009 |
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IMC Ramkrishna Bajaj National Quality Certificate
of Merit for two consecutive years 2005 and
2006 |
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Planet
Award 2005-2006 (an Aditya Birla Group internal
award) for excellence in community development |
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ICMA
Aditya Birla Award for best responsible care
committed company 2004-05 |
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Excellent
Environmental and Ecological Implementation
Gold Award 2005 by Greenland Society, Hyderabad |
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Bihar
Caustic has won the Greentech Environment
and Safety Gold award for 2004-05 |
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Bihar
Caustic and Chemicals Ltd., Rehla, Jharkhand
has received the
FICCI Annual Award 2003-2004 in recognition
of corporate initiative in family welfare |
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The
first in the chlor alkali sector to achieve
four certifications of ISO 9001:2000, ISO
14001:2004, OHSAS 18001:1999 and SA 8000:2001 |
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Bihar Caustic has also been a winner of the
Greentech Environment Silver Award during
2002-2003 |
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Greentech
Safety Silver Award for consecutive years
2002-03 and 2003-04 |
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The
Indira Gandhi Memorial National Gold Award
for excellence in pollution control |
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The Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial National Gold
Award for excellence in pollution control
implementation as well as Excellence Award
and Gold Medal presented by the Indian Economic
Studies, New Delhi for excellence in productivity,
quality, innovation and management |
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