International Cement Review articles tagged under : Case Studies
Achieving critical Mass in Iraq’s cement industry
The Mass Cement plant is one of several located in the Bazian area in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. As an established cement plant and the largest in the country, it has been under strict environmental performance regulations and has targeted energy efficiency improvements in recent years. From its humble beginnings in 2010, Mass Cement's plant in the Bazian district of Iraqi Kurdist...
Electric kilns power revolution
With the global cement industry on the road to net zero cement production, new technologies for a decarbonised pyroprocessing line have been developed. These include electric kilns, which offer a fossil fuel-free al...
Complex Ulco quarry relocation paves AfriSam’s cement future
To guarantee its future, AfriSam has relocated the quarry of its Ulco plant in Northern Cape, South Africa. However, the project proved demanding on several fronts with technical and infrastructural issues requiring ...
Gearing up for Geseke GeZero
Under the GeZero project at its Geseke cement plant in Germany, Heidelberg Materials envisions establishing the first inland cement plant featuring a “first of its kind” full-chain carbon capture and storage (CCS) fa...
Mannok’s greater fuel flexibility
As a key step in the decarbonisation of its cement plant operations, Ireland-based Mannok Cement has installed a FUELFLEX® Pyrolyzer combustion system which enables the producer to burn up to 100 per cent alternative...
Grey to white in Algeria
Retrofitting cement plants can give provide a new lease of life, as shown by the conversion of grey to white cement production at Biskria Cement Co, Algeria. CBMI was awarded the contract and explains some of the key...
Solar power for Avellaneda
Argentine cement producer Cementos Avellaneda recently inaugurated its 22MW La Calera Solar Park in San Luis, Argentina. The project will provide the company with over half of its electrical power requirement at its ...
Edmonton’s edge: CCUS pilot readies for testing
With several CCUS projects in various stages of development, the global cement industry is looking to use CCUS as a key part of its decarbonisation efforts. At Heidelberg Materials’ plant in Edmonton, Canada, the com...
Pipe conveying in Portugal
Pipe conveyors offer several advantages compared to conventional conveyors, including the ability to easily overcome obstacles with curves, no need for transfer points, the absence of material spillage and very limit...
Cam Pha Cement: descending dragon
To arrive at Cam Pha Cement’s (CPC) plant in Quang Ninh province, Vietnam, you must first pass through the UNESCO world heritage site of Halong Bay – or literally ‘where the dragon descends to the sea’ – whose drama...
New capacity for new cement
Titan America LLC has fully converted its cement production to low-carbon Type IL limestone cement. To enable this change the company has opened and expanded several terminals and additional facilities are also under...
Right cooler at the right time
Phoenix Cement’s plant in Beckum, Germany, has benefitted from a year’s worth of operational experience with thyssenkrupp’s new polytrack eco clinker cooler. The first installation of its kind, the cooler has proven ...
Lucky turns to the sun
Lucky Cement is looking forward to a new solar PV plant with energy storage to improve the efficiency and sustainability of energy generation at its Pezu plant in Pakistan. The combined energy assets will not only de...
Sinoma’s Latin American debut
Loma Negra’s L’Amali Line II project in Argentina is the first EPC project contracted by Sinoma Overseas Development Co Ltd (a subsidiary of CNBM) in South America. Involving the successful integration of internation...
Taking a different route
A modal shift in the transport of raw materials and finished product alike can bring significant benefits in terms of reducing greenhouse gas emissions for cement producers. CEMEX explains how and why it is in part l...
A plant for the future
Cementos Molins Industrial’s Sant Vicenç dels Horts plant, which can be visited during this year’s Cemtech Europe conference and exhibition on 2-5 October in Barcelona, has seen significant investment into sustainabi...