Asia & Pacific Rim - 16 July 2014

The board of Pakistan’s Lucky Cement is recommending shareholders approve a US$200 million investment in a coal-fired power plant in Karachi.

A report on the progress of the US-China Climate Change Working Group shows progress in the existing five initiatives and plans for further cooperation.

France’s Vicat Group has purchased Sagar Cements’ stake in Vicat Sagar Cement Company, which operates a 3 million tpa plant in North Karnataka.

New Zealand First has issued a press release, detailing its concerns over the standard of imported cement.

In the second part of this article, K. N. Rao, Environment and Energy Conservation, and R. Nand Kumar, ACC Limited, take a look at the steam Rankine cycle, organic Rankine cycle and the Kalina process.