October 2011

Sustainability and value of steel recycling in Uganda

  This paper assesses the value of recycling based methods of steel manufacture in Uganda and the level at which it is likely to be successfully depended on especially if no serious iron ore exploitation is done. By analyzing the factors that underlie steel re-melting in Uganda, this study aims at highlighting the conditions that surround the reliable production of scrap based steel and the sustainability...

Author(s): Senfuka Christopher

October 2011

Characteristic studies on the mechanical properties of quarry dust addition in conventional concrete

  Currently India has taken a major initiative on developing the infrastructures such as express highways, power projects and industrial structures etc., to meet the requirements of globalization, in the construction of buildings and other structures. Concrete plays the key role and a large quantum of concrete is being utilized in every construction practices. River sand, which is one of the constituents used...

Author(s): A. Sivakumar and Prakash M.