Lafarge umiam mining Ltd. is situated in Meghalaya, India; close to the river umiam.

In the production process, first of all, Drilling is done to create borehole into the
limestone. These holes are then filled with explosives. Explosives are placed into
the grounds of the blasting area. During the blasting period, all employees need to
stay inside the blasting shelter. Then the blasting takes place and through this
process, the limestone is fragmented into pieces. Now the bigger rocks are
defragmented into smaller pieces by using rock breakers. The rocks are then
transported to the crushing site. In the crushing site, the limestone are defragmented
into even smaller pieces and then transported to Bangladesh by the long belt
conveyer. The long belt conveyer, the largest of its kind, is 17 KM long which and it
will directly transport the limestone from India to Bangladesh in about 20 minutes.
This belt conveyer acts as a link between the people of two different borders: India
and Bangladesh.

These limestones is then stored in the raw material shades in Chatak, Sylhet along
with other raw materials like iron ore, shale etc. These raw materials are then
crushed and mixed in the desired proportion to make the exact chemical
composition. Then the raw materials go through an enormous homogenization
process and grind into fine particles called Rawmix. Then the raw mix grinded and
transformed into a dry rock product called Rawmill. Then the Rawmill is loaded
into a heated and heated at 800 degree centigrade for decarbonation. Then the
Rawmill is transformed into a dry product called Clinker. There is a 58 meter long
Klin which acts as the heart of the cement making process. Inside the Klin, there is
a flame of 1870 degree Celsius. In the Klin, a lot of chemical reactions are performed
and the materials are converted into calcium silicate. At the end of the process, a red
hot particles called Clinker is created. This clinker is then cooled instantly using
frost air and transformed into small dark particles called nodules. The quality of the
cement depends mostly on these nodules. Then these clinkers are stored in the
clinker silo which can contain 1000 tons of clinker. Then these clinkers are grinded in
a tube like cement mill and crushed into superfine powder. The whole process is
controlled and monitored from a central control room. Temperature, pressure, purity
and other factors related to the process are closely monitored from this control room.
This is done through a quality information management process. All the equipments
of the plant are connected through the quality information management process to
enable the monitoring process. Then there is a quality mix control system, This
system is integrated by the technicians from France and Malaysia to measure the
production performance. This process ensures a top quality cement in every bag.
The produced cement is stored in the cement silo and transported to the packing
plant for packaging. Then the cement packages are sent to the dispatch unit. From
there, the cement packages are shipped all over the country through bus, tracks and
other vehicles.