Dragon Cement

BHUTAN

Your Ultimate Choice

Background

Dungsam

Cement Corporation Limited is a Royal

Government of Bhutan (RGoB) owned company

incorporated under the Companies Act of Kingdom of
Bhutan, 2000. It is s subsidiary company of the Druk
Holding and Investments Limited, an investment arm
of the Royal Government of Bhutan.
It is a green field cement plant situated 150 km
north-west of Guwahati, India. It has an installed
capacity to produce 3000 MT of clinker and 4130 MT
of cement per day. It uses the state-of-the-art
technology of Humboldt, Germany.
DCCL produces OPC 43 (ordinary portland cement),
PPC (portland pozzolana cement), and PSC (portland
slag cement) under the product brand of Dragon
Cement.
Dragon Cement has been licensed by both the Bhutan
Standards Bureau, and Bureau of Indian Standards.

Your ultimate choice of strength!

Dragon Cement OPC - 43

It is an ordinary Portland cement which has a minimum

strength of 43 mega-pascal or 430 kg/cm2 in 28 days. It
is prepared by adding 3% to 4% gypsum in clinker.
It has a fast setting property and high early strength.
Dragon Cement OPC conforms to IS 8112/2013 with
strength of 36, 45.2 and 50.5 mega-pascal although the
required minimum norms are 23, 33 and 43 in 3 days, 7
days and 28 days respectively.
Uses

Roads, bridges, walls, oil and well drilling

Buildings

Airports, runways

Shotcreting or guniting tunnels

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Your ultimate choice of durability!

Dragon Cement PPC

Up to 30% of fly-ash is mixed and inter-ground with

3% to 4% gypsum and the remaining clinker to produce
Portland pozzolana cement.
It has high strength because of the use of high quality
clinker, grinding techniques and stringent quality
control checks. Dragon Cement PPC conforms to IS
1489 (Part-I)/1991. It has strength of 23.36, 31.8 and
42.5 mega-pascal in 3 days, 7 days and 28 days
although the norms require a minimum strength of 16,
22 and 33 mega-pascal respectively.
Uses

Buildings, walls, roads and bridges

Dams, power houses, tunnels, spillways

Shotcreting or guniting tunnels

Airport, runways etc.

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Your ultimate choice of happiness!

Dragon Cement PSC

Up to 65% of granulated blast furnace is mixed with

3% to 4% gypsum and the remaining with clinker and
inter-ground to produce Portland slag cement.
It has high strength because of the use of high quality
clinker, slag and grinding techniques.
Dragon Cement PSC conforms to IS 455/1989. It has
strength of 23.7, 32.8 and 40.7 mega-pascal in 3 days,
7 days and 28 days despite the statutory requirement
of 16, 22 and 33 mega-pascal respectively.
Uses

Roads, bridges, walls, oil and well drilling

Buildings

Shotcreting or guniting tunnels

Airport, runways etc.

For OPC-43 Grade

IS: 8112/2013
Required Specifications

Physical Parameters

Test Results

1. Compressive Strength (MPa)

a)

3 days

23 (min)

36.0

b)

7 days

33 (min)

45.2

c)

28 days

43 (min)

50.5

2. Expansion/Soundness
a)

Lechatlier (mm)

10 (max)

1.5

b)

Autoclave (%)

0.8 (max)

0.11

30 (min)

125

600 (max)

190

3. Setting Time (minutes)

a)

Initial

b)

Final
2

4. Fineness-Blaine (cm /gm)

2,250 (min)

For PPC
IS: 1489 (Part-1): 1991
Required Specifications

Physical Parameters

3,244

Test Results

1. Compressive Strength (MPa)

a)

3 days

16 (min)

23.36

b)

7 days

22 (min)

31.8

c)

28 days

33 (min)

42.5

2. Expansion/Soundness
a)

Lechatlier (mm)

10 (max)

1.0

b)

Autoclave (%)

0.8 (max)

0.11

30 (min)

113

600 (max)

182

3. Setting Time (minutes)

a)

Initial

b)

Final
2

4. Fineness-Blaine (cm /gm)

Physical Parameters

3,000 (min)

For PSC
IS: 455/1989
Required Specifications

3,721

Test Results

1. Compressive Strength (MPa)

a)

3 days

16 (min)

23.7

b)

7 days

22 (min)

32.8

c)

28 days

33 (min)

40.75

2. Expansion/Soundness
a)

Lechatlier (mm)

10 (max)

1.0

b)

Autoclave (%)

0.8 (max)

0.07

3. Setting Time (minutes)

a)

Initial

30 (min)

116

b)

Final

600 (max)

184

4. Fineness-Blaine (cm2/gm)

3,000 (min)

3,643

Dragon Cement

Dragon Cement
BHUTAN

Your ultimate choice of

STRENGTH,
DURABILITY &
HAPPINESS

+975-7-481114/481238
+975-7-481191
info@dccl.bt
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Head office:
Dungsam Cement Corporation Limited
Chengkari, Nganglam
Pemagatshel, BHUTAN

Transit office:
Pathsala, Assam (INDIA)
Tel: +91-36662 65342
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