To comply with its SO2 emission licence, Indocement could see no alternative but to import expensive low sulphur coal.

The client worked with Jord to develop a cheaper alternative to the imported coal. The solution was to use locally available raw meal as a reagent to produce synthetic gypsum and reduce SO2 emissions. If it worked, the plant could use less expensive local coal together with the raw meal to keep under the required SO2 limits.

The result has delighted Indocement. The stack emissions are now well below the license limit, lower cost coal can be burnt and the synthetic gypsum has replaced about $US250,000 p.a. worth of imported gypsum.  Jord had the pleasure of meeting the environmental, community and economic needs of its client, in a remote and demanding location.