Autokast Ltd., a ferrous foundry manufacturing unit in the public sector, is set to begin the commercial production of eco-friendly bricks for the construction sector.
It will make bricks from waste foundry sand, which is rich in silica using a technology developed by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR-NIIST).
V.K. Praviraj, managing director, Autokast Ltd., said they had already made brick samples and hoped to start mass production before the end of this month.
