Paints & Pigment Industry
All precipitated calcium carbonate, widely employed as a paint pigment, is derived from lime. It is also used in manufacturing of cement paints and is used as filler as well.
Paper Industry
Lime is a primary raw material for paper and pulp industry. Both Quick Lime and Hydrated Lime are essentially required for the manufacturing of pulp and paper in order to enhance the quality of paper by maximizing its opacity.
Sugar Industry
Hydrated Lime and Quick Lime are essential to the production of sugar from both sugar cane and sugar beet. It is used for removal of dirt, puma and pH correction.
Flue Gas Treatment
Lime is the key agent in the elimination of pollutants from fuel-gas streams of coal-fired power plants, incinerators and industrial facilities. It is used for treatment of flue gases before it is released to atmosphere.
Leather Industry
Since time immemorial lime has been used for dehairing and plumping hides preparatory to leather tanning. A cleaning agent in the leather manufacture process, lime is used to remove raw skin and thus obtain clean leather.
Road Building
Lime is used in stabilizing the inplace- soils or aggregate used in road building. Hydrated Lime helps in forming an impermeable base thereby reducing the chances of seepage of rainwater.
Steel Industry
Steel plays one of the crucial roles in Automotive Industries, Constructions and country’s economy and security. In steel manufacture Quick Lime acts as a flux in purifying steel. Lime is also used in metallurgical plants and refractory’s thus making
Dairy Industry
Lime is one of the alkalis employed to neutralize the acidity in the cream before pasteurization. Addition of lime in the fermented skimmed milk forms calcium lactate, which is marketed as a medicine or further acidified to manufacture lactic acid.
Lubricant
Used during Plastic extrusion as a lubricant in petroleum refining and also lubricating grease manufacturing process.
Chemical Industry
Lime contributes to a great deal in the chemical industries. Sri Kant Minechempremium products pride and pearl have found application in manufacturing of fine chemicals.
Agricultural Uses
Lime is popularly used to increase the soil pH level and increase the crop yield. It is also used to improve the physical structure of the soil by reducing surface crusting. It is also used for soil liming, compost, disposal of animal products, ferti
Glass Industry
Limestone and lime are the fluxing materials for glass. There is no substitute for liming materials in glass when color is important.
Construction Industry
As a building material lime is one of the oldest- probably only antedated by stone and mud. Lime has long been used in the construction industry to make mortar and plaster, serving as a binder in these substances. During the hardening process, the li
Water Treatment
Lime is extensively used to treat municipal waste waters and industrial liquid wastes. In wastewater treatment plants (both urban or industrial) Hydrated Lime and Quick Lime are widely used for correcting the pH balance of acidic water, for precipita
Pharmaceutical Industry
Lime is widely used in the manufacturing of most calcium- based pharmaceuticals.