Location: IN - India
Laterite is a residual ferruginous rock commonly found in tropical regions and has close association in terms of composition with bauxite. Laterite and bauxite show a tendency to occur together. Laterite occurance are widespread in the country. Almost all indian bauxite deposits are associated with laterite, except those in Jammu and Kashmir region. As per the Goverment of India notification dated 10th february 2015, laterite has been declared as "Minor Mineral", hence the production beyond january 2015 is not available. Total laterite consumption by cement plant in India is 5.35 million tonnes.Laterite used in cement unit as an additives for lowering the clinkerisation temperature and supplementing aluminous and iron contents. In this market, expert judgement was used to develop product specific transport distance estimations.
In Indian market there is no imported laterite consumption by cement plant. Represented data dosnot considered any information related to import.
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