Rain Calcining, in consortium with its foreign collaborator Oxbow Carbon & Minerals LLC of USA and a leading Kuwati group, has bagged an order for setting up a greenfield calciner for Kuwait Petroleum Corporation. The plant will have a capacity of 3.5 lakh tpa and raw material (high quality green petroleum coke) will be supplied by KPC.

Meanwhile, Rain Calcining has planned to step up production at its only plant at Visakhapatnam to 4.8 lakh tpa from the current 3 lakh tpa, with a view to be amongst the top five calcining companies worldwide. The expansion plan will involve setting up a rotary kiln, a waste heat recovery boiler and flue gas scrubbing system.

The two projects would together cost $29 million (Rs.133 crore) for which funds have been tied up with International Finance Corporation ($10 million), Nederlandse Financierings NV of Holland ($12 million) and Nordic Investment Bank of Finland ($7 million.)

Rain Calcining is a leading exporter of calcined petroleum coke with key customers located in Australia, South America, South Africa and West Asia.

Calcining is a process whereby petroleum coke is treated to form calcined petroleum coke as a more efficient fuel for the petroleum and refining sector.