Sterlite honours district toppers

Tuticorin : Sterlite Copper presented its thirteenth Scholastic Excellence Awards at a function held at Alagar Mahal here on Friday. Dr.K.Rajendraretnam, Medical Superintendent, Government Medical College Hospital, Thoothukudi presented the awards to the district toppers of 10^th and 12^th public examinations.

The first, second and third rank holders were conferred with a shield, certificate and specially designed gold coins. Apart from this, 25 students who secured more than 400 marks in SSLC examination and 5 students who secured more than 1000 marks in higher secondary examination from Sterlite evening study centres were honoured by Mr.Ramesh Nair, Chief Operating Officer, Sterlite Copper. Teachers and schools of the students were also honoured.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr.K.Rajendraretnam said, “I appreciate the efforts taken by Sterlite to motivate underprivileged children to go for higher education.”

Mr.Ramesh Nair, Chief Operating Officer, Sterlite Copper congratulated all the award winners and said that Sterlite was privileged to be part of their success and will continue to support the cause of education.

In the class 12 exam category, A.H.Amanullah (1177 marks) of L.K Higher Secondary School, Kayalpattinam, B.Venkatesh (1176 marks) of Nadar Higher Secondary School, Kovilpatti, S.P.Shobanavalli (1174 marks) of Holy Cross Girls Higher Secondary School and J.Ginipriyadarshini (1174 marks) of Sakthi Vinayakar Hindu Vidyalaya Higher Secondary School received the awards from Dr.K.Rajendraretnam.

For the SSLC exams, V.Bhagyasree (495 marks) of Spic Nagar Higher Secondary School, R.Bhagyavathi (493 marks) of Spic Nagar Higher Secondary School, M.Parthiban (493 marks) of Government Higher Secondary School, Villicheri, M.Merin Vasantha Rupa  (492 marks) of Pope Memorial Higher Secondary School, Sawyerpuram received the honours.

Mr.Suresh Bose, General Manager –Human Resources, Mr.R.Rajasekarapandy, Head, Corporate Social Responsibility, Sterlite, NGOs, teachers and parents of the students were also present.

Photo Cut - Line: Dr.K.Rajendraretnam, Medical Superintendent, Government Medical College Hospital, Thoothukudi presenting scholastic excellence award to a plus two topper during a function organised by Sterlite Copper in Tuticorin. Mr.Ramesh Nair, Chief Operating Officer, Sterlite is also in the picture.

Sterlite Copper supports ‘Little Sisters of the Poor’

Tuticorin : Sterlite Copper has contributed Rs 3 lakh for the construction of  an old age home of ‘Little Sisters of the Poor’ in Tuticorin on Thursday.

On behalf of Sterlite, Mr.Prasad Surya Rao, Vice President, Operations handed over a cheque for Rs 3 lakh to Sister Vimala of the old age home. Sterlite has already donated Rs 10 lakh for the construction of the home in October 2010. Due to insufficient funds and request from the sisters of the home, Sterlite decided to donate additional Rs 3 lakh.

The management of the old age home decided to demolish the old building and construct a new one since they were not able to accommodate its 110 residents. The new building will have the capacity to accommodate all the residents and the inauguration of the building is scheduled in October 2011.

People are accommodated in the home irrespective of caste, creed and religion, based on their economic status and age should be more than 65 years. The company decided to fund the construction of the home as the money will help to shelter the needy people. The old age home is completely dependent upon public charity for its day to day running.

Mr.R.Rajasekarapandy, Head – Corporate Social Responsibility, Sterlite Copper, Sterlite employees, sisters and inmates of the home were also present during the event.

Cut Line: Mr.Prasad Suryarao, Vice President, Operations handing over a cheque for Rs 3 lakh for the construction of ‘Little Sisters of the Poor’, an old age home in Tuticorin.

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Sundar Raj Head - Public Relations Sterlite Industries (India) Limited

sundar.raj@vedanta.co.in Tel:  +91 461 661 2926

Sterlite Copper distributes course completion certificates to students under Coastal Livelihood Project

Tuticorin : Sterlite Copper distributed the course completion certificates to the students who had successfully undergone vocational training under Sterlite Coastal Livelihood Project in a function held at Fr.Augustine Pereira Community College on Wednesday.

Mr.P.P.Markhs, Head-Logistics, Sterlite Copper presented the course completion certificates to 115 students who have undergone vocational training in female nursing assistant, fashion designing, desktop publishing, shipping management, electrician and tailoring and embroidery courses.  

Under Sterlite Coastal Livelihood Project (CLP), vocational training for 13 different trades is given to the students in partnership with ten training institutes. Sterlite spends Rs 14 lakh towards this programme. SIIL is implementing CLP for the last five years with the objective of providing alternate employment opportunities for the coastal youth. Last year, 70% of the students were employed and their average monthly income is between Rs 2500 – Rs 3500. 220 students from the coastal villages of Tuticorin are getting benefitted through this programme every year.

Mr.R.Rajasekarapandy, Head – Corporate Social Responsibility, Sterlite Copper and directors of various training institutes were present during the event.  

Cut Line : Mr.P.P.Markhs, Head-Logistics, Sterlite Copper handing over the course completion certificate to a student of Sterlite Coastal Livelihood Project

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Sundar Raj Head - Public Relations Sterlite Industries (India) Limited

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Sterlite Copper commemorates Environment Day

Tuticorin: Sterlite Copper celebrated World Environment Day at the company premises here on Monday. On this occasion, all employees took a pledge to work towards environmental protection. A ‘Environment Day Flag’ was also hoisted.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr.K.Pankaj, Associate Vice President, Operations said,”The initiative to protect and safeguard has to start with individuals – you, me and everybody.” Mr.Lovish Ahuja, Manager – Environment read out the Environment Day message and Mrs.A.Sumathi, Head – Health, Safety and Environment gave the vote of thanks.

As part of the environment day celebrations, week long awareness creation events and competitions were held for all employees and families of Sterlite. Drawing competitions were also held for children of various villages in which 200 of them participated enthusiastically.

A tree plantation drive was also undertaken at the company premises and at Mappillayurani panchayat. Sterlite Copper has planted over seventy thousand saplings in and around Tuticorin till date and has associated itself with environmental initiatives undertaken by government and non-governmental bodies in Tuticorin.

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Sundar Raj Head - Public Relations Sterlite Copper

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LNG facility inaugurated

Sterlite, Chinchpada inaugurated India’s third LNG facility on its premises in February.  Mr.Ramesh Nair, Chief Operating Officer inaugurated the facility in the presence of Mr.V.P.Sinha, DGM-LNG, IOCL

This strategic project was successfully commissioned in the least possible time surprising every dignitaries of IOCL. Earlier Sterlite, Chinchpada was using LPG as fuel but always dreamt for an economical but equally pure replacement fuel.The fuel switch over from LPG to LNG would give an advantage to the rod plant of Chinchpada to substantially reduce the cost of production by about 800 Rs/MT.

LNG is being supplied by M/s IOCL, using special cryogenic tankers from Dahej, Gujarat and stored in our cryogenic storage vessel at Chinchpada. When required, the liquid will be fed into ambient vaporiser to provide natural gas to the final line regulator and then to the point of use.

What is LNG?
Liquefied natural gas, or LNG, is natural gas that has been supercooled to minus 162 degrees Celsius. At this temperature, natural gas condenses into a liquid with an energy density of approx 51.5 MBTU per MT.

LNG Supply chain.
Upon discovery of Natural gas resource, the Natural gas is pumped to the surface for ‘sweetening’, a process to remove impurities prior to cooling. The cooling of natural gas to -160º allows it to be transported economically by reducing the volume by 600:1. This process is called liquefaction and produces a stable liquid ready for shipping. Liquefied natural gas is transported in special double-hulled ships. In India the liquefied natural gas is off-loaded as a liquid and pumped from the jetty to storage tanks at Dahej terminal, Gujarat. The tanks are double wall tanks specially designed for their purpose and are well insulated to keep the natural gas at -160⁰c (In its liquid form). The LNG is then transported in special cryogenic tankers from the terminal to our plant where LNG is stored in the cryogenic storage vessel, and when required, the liquid is fed into an ambient vaporizer to provide natural gas to the final line regulator and then to the point of use.

Old Age Widow Support Programme

Sterlite Copper organized Old age widow support programme in Chinchpada.

Blanket & food grain kits were distributed to 70 economically backward widows, who belonged to local villages
like Chinchpada, Khadipada, Bhavarpada, Bobapada, Musalpada, Navasahat, Nimalphada and Pardhipada.

Along with village representatives, Mr. Sameer Gupta – Head, Operation, Silvassa Plant and other Sterlite employees and villagers were present during the event.  

Mother Daughter Mela

Sterlite Copper supported “Mother Daughter Mela” initiated by Education Department in a Primary School at Chinchpada.

The Team of Instructors from DNH Education dept had interaction with Mother and Daughter of Class 6th and guided them to encourage & motivate Girl child for further education. They also educated them on various issues / problems faced by Girl child of that age group and hygiene habits.

We supported the initiative to reduce the drop outs of girls from education and also educated them the importance of hygiene. Our female employees also guided the mother’s about the importance of education in today’s changing scenario.

Around 28 students of Class 6^th and their mothers were benefitted out of this program.

Sterlite bets on copper slag sales

S. Varadharajan

CHENNAI: Sterlite Industries (India) finds a huge potential for the use of copper slag in concrete applications. The product is derived from the copper concentrate, the raw material for copper smelter. The copper concentrate consists of copper, iron and sulphur and during the smelting operations, iron is removed as iron silicate which is known as copper slag or ferro sand. Addressing visiting presspersons at the Tuticorin facility of the company recently, Mr. Ramesh Nair, Chief Operating Officer, said a test track road made of slag built in the NH-45B stretch was under technical study by the Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi.

With increasing scarcity of river sand and natural aggregates across the country, the construction sector is under tremendous pressure to explore alternative to these basic construction materials. Mr. Nair said States like Kerala, Maharashtra and Gujarat have already banned river sand mining. Therefore, slag has a potential of getting developed as a suitable alternative material to these natural resources.

Presently, world-wide, about 33 million tonnes of slag is generated annually with India contributing 6-6.5 million tonnes. Sterlite is planning to dispose of 1.8-2.4 million tonnes of slag in the next one year. The company had already started receiving frequent queries and a couple of orders from builders, cement and concrete manufacturers.

Some applications, wherein slag has already been recognised world-wide, are cement and concrete manufacturing, filling material, river embankment, ballast material, abrasive, pavement blocks, road and roofing construction, granules, glass and tiles making. Sterlite has carried out several technical studies for the last 10 years through various laboratories on the physical and chemical properties. These studies have concluded that copper slag is non-leachable, and non-toxic, the COO said.

Sterlite's copper slag waste finds new uses

Anil Agarwal-promoted Sterlite Industries India Ltd (SIIL) is planning to convert a waste product of its copper smelting plant at Tuticorin – copper slag — into an alternative material for concrete applications.


The company has already started supplying the material to cement manufacturers and now wants to focus on road, abrasives and other industries.


As per scientific estimate, for every tonne of copper metal produced, around 1.8-2.2 tonnes of slag is generated, according to Ramesh Nair, chief operating officer, Sterlite Industries India Ltd.


“With increasing scarcity of river sand and natural aggregates across the country, construction sector is under tremendous pressure to explore alternative to these basic construction material to meeting growing demand of infrastructure demands,” he said.


In states like Kerala, Maharashtra and Gujarat, sand mining in rivers has already been banned owing to its disastrous impact ecology. “Therefore, slag has a big potential of getting developed as a suitable alternative material to these resources. It is a new business avenue for us and we are going to make revenue out of waste,” said Nair.


At present, across the world around 33 tonnes of slag is generated while in India three copper producers Sterlite, Birla Copper and Hindustan Copper produce around 6-6.5 tonnes of slag at different sites.


According to Nair, the slag is highly stable and non-leachable in nature. The utility of copper slag as alternative material for other industrial / sectoral application has been vastly explored in the last one decade.