INDIA CARBON LTD

The Company, established in 1961 was founded by Mr. B. Himatsingka and is a pioneer of the Calcining industry having set up Asias first Calcination Plant at Guwahati in 1962. ICL since inception, has also been in Technical & Financial Collaboration with Oxbow Calcining LLC (formerly Great Lakes Carbon LLC) USA -World Leaders in the Calcined Petroleum Coke field. The Company then went ahead and established its second calcination plant in 1969 at Budge Budge, West Bengal.India Carbons primary business is the manufacture and supply of high-quality Calcined Petroleum Coke (CPC) which is the purest form of Carbon, containing over 99.5% of it. Along with the Calcined Coke the Company also specializes in the production of Electrode Carbon Paste (ECP) and Tamping Paste used widely in the Ferro Alloys and Allied industries and also in the production of Carbide. Both the Electrode Carbon Paste as well as the Tamping Paste are produced from a mixture of different carbonaceous material (CPC, Calcined Anthracite Coal, etc.) and Soft Pitch which is used as a binder. The primary raw material used by ICL for its operations is Raw Petroleum Coke, frequently referred to as RPC which is purchased from Oil refineries all over the world. RPC itself is produced from the thermal cracking of crude. Some of the primary customers for ICL in the aluminium industry are National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), HINDALCO Industries Limited (HINDALCO), Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (BALCO) and Madras Aluminium Company Limited (MALCO). Some of the major consumers in the steel industry are Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited (TISCO) and Essar Steel, whereas Graphite India Limited and Hindustan Electro Graphite Limited are some of our customers from the Graphite industry. The Company is constantly undertaking activities with a view on Research.