Cement News tagged under: Alternative Fuels
Hungary: Magyarország plant invests in alternative fuels storage facility30 December 2014, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Cement Magyarország opened a storage facility for waste that will be used to help fuel its plant in Királyegyháza, southwestern Hungary. The project, involving an investment of HUF700m (EUR2.2m), will be used to store plastic, rubber and industrial and farm byproducts. Lafarge Cement Magyarország employs 130 people, and reported revenues of HUF8.3bn last year. |
Scaling up MSW models10 December 2014, Published under Cement NewsThe effective management and disposal of municipal solid wastes (MSW) in India has become a major concern. Forecast rapid urbanisation, uncontrolled population growth and rising per capita income are expected to exacerbate the issue. As a result, the co-processing of MSW in cement kilns is becoming an increasingly-attractive option. Figure 1: share of major Indian states in MSW generation The significance of the MSW management and disposal issue is underlined by India’s Prime Mi... |
Canada: new alternative fuels initiative introduced at Joliette cement plant10 December 2014, Published under Cement NewsHolcim Canada and Van Houtte Coffee Services Inc, a subsidiary of Keurig Canada Inc, have introduced a new service to recover the energy content of used K-Cup® packs from institutional and commercial clients of Van Houtte Coffee Services Inc for use at Holcim's Joliette cement plant. Once collected from customers, the packs are sent to the Holcim Canada Joliette cement plant where they are processed and reused as alternative fuel for the plant. The initiative both keeps the used K-Cup® pa... |
NOx reduction at Vidal Ramos05 December 2014, Published under Cement NewsTo lower NOx emissions Votorantim Cimentos decided to install SNCR equipment as well as implement alternative fuels (AF) use at its Vidal Ramos plant, Brazil. This required the optimisation of the urea injection system to ensure the lowest-possible consumption of the reducing agent before and after the introduction of the AFs. By Mario Henrique Interlenghi & Carlos Roberto Moreira da Cunha, Votorantim Cimentos, Brazil. Votorantim Cimentos’ greenfield Vidal Ramos plant in Brazil has op... |
CAC applauds Ontario government for its commitment to low-carbon fuels05 December 2014, Published under Cement NewsThe Cement Association of Canada (CAC) congratulates Premier Wynne and Minister Murray for proposing new regulations to help Ontario's energy-intensive industries reduce their reliance on coal and their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. By 2020, the CAC projects that this simple regulatory change will lead to an annual reduction of up to 400,000t of direct CO2 emissions in Ontario while also enhancing the competitiveness of Ontario's economy, CAC said in a statement. "It's a major step for... |
Saudi: City Cement Co invest in alternative energy project04 December 2014, Published under Cement NewsCity Cement Co intends to invest SAR25m (US$6.7m) in an alternative energy project, the Saudi-based producer said in a bourse statement yesterday. The project, anticipated to be completed by the end of the first half of 2015, will be carried out by Chinese engineering company Sinoma. Without providing further details, City Cement said it will use own funds and/or Murabaha financing for the initiative. |
N+P strikes major Portuguese SRF deal28 November 2014, Published under Cement NewsN+P has signed a five-year contract for the supply of solid recovered fuels (SRF) into a number of cement plants owned by the Portuguese cement companies Secil and Cimpor. The contract is signed with Gestão Ambiental e Valorização Energética, a subsidiary of Secil, Cimpor and SGVR, responsible for sourcing and supply of alternative fuels and raw materials into the Portuguese cement industry. The majority of the 7000,000t SRF to be supplied is already sourced and contracted at well-establis... |
PPC signs waste tyre agreement21 November 2014, Published under Cement NewsPPC has signed an agreement to source waste tyres from the Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of South Africa (Redisa) for use at its De Hoek cement factory, South Africa. The country’s largest cement producer is also investigating the possibility of using waste tyres in some of its other plants, Azola Lowan, the executive for investor relations and strategy, told the Cape Times. Lowan said the use of the waste tyres in the kilns at the De Hoek factory would be introduced fro... |
Cementos Argos to fire Rioclaro kiln with tyres14 November 2014, Published under Cement NewsColombia’s Cementos Argos will be using tyres to fire its Rioclaro kiln with the option to extend the programme to its other plants. In Colombia, 110,000t, or 7m, of waste tyres are produced annually, of which 2.5m in Bogotá. The Argos project will be able to use around 75 per cent of this national volume. |
In search of stabilisation07 November 2014, Published under Cement NewsAfter reaching a peak in 2011, Moroccan cement demand has weakened and since 2012 initiated a slowdown that has continued through 2014. Mohamed Chaïbi, president of the Association Professionnelle des Cimentiers (APC), speaks to ICR about the current status and expected trends for the domestic market and production base. Mohamed Chaïbi, chairman of the Association Professionelle des Cimentiers, explains how the Moroccan cement industry has continued to press ahead in the face o... |