Arkan Cement is set to sign a AED117.7m (US$32m) deal to set up a waste-to-power operation for its Al Ain plant.
The technology, which will convert about 1000tpd of municipal waste into power for the plant, is being deployed for the first time in the Gulf Corporation Council (GCC), according to Martti Malmivirta, chairman of Arabian Finnish Waste Refining (Arafin). Arafin will partner with Arkan in this project as a joint venture. "We want to make it a very local company so that people feel attached to it," said Mr Malmivirta.
The plant will be the first so-called waste-to-flame technology in the GCC and will displace the natural gas currently used to fire the kiln at Arkan’s Al Ain cement plant.
