Cement News tagged under: Environmental
DoE to accelerate CO2 removal with US$1.2m prize fund31 May 2024, Published under Cement NewsAs part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the US Department of Energy (DoE) has announced 24 semi-finalists to receive a total of US$1.2m to scale up their CO 2 removal technologies. Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Carbon Dioxide Removal Purchase Pilot Prize (CDRPPP) allows companies to compete for the opportunity to deliver CO 2 removal credits directly to DoE. Carbon removal credits can be purchased by any individual or entity that is interested in respo... |
Dangote Cement commits to CNG trucks by 202531 May 2024, Published under Cement NewsDangote Cement has pledged that all of its trucks will be operating on compressed natural gas (CNG) by the end of 2025, reports Vanguard. According to the company, investments are already being made to ensure that thousands of its delivery trucks are run on CNG as part of the federal government’s agenda on the use of alternative fuels for official vehicles. The announcement came at Dangote’s annual general meeting in Lagos, where the company also gave an update on the ongoing construct... |
Adbri releases EvoCem Type GL cement31 May 2024, Published under Cement NewsAdbri is proud to be Australia’s first manufacturer of lower-carbon general purpose limestone Type GL cement, a proven international cement technology. Adbri EvoCem Type GL cement is produced locally in Southern Australia, New South Wales, Western Australia and Northern Territory, and has been tried and tested with over 500,000m³ of concrete placed using EvoCem in projects ranging from residential and commercial building to precast and post-tensioned concrete construction. All 50 US... |
Norm Cement to use sludge at Qizildas29 May 2024, Published under Cement NewsNorm Cement LLC of Azerbaijan has agreed with the State Oil Co of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) to use the sludge left after drilling wells to fire its kilns as part of its circular economy drive. "In collaboration with SOCAR, we tried sludge to power Norm Sement last year. Negotiations on a long-term deal are underway. Cooperation to use industrial waste supports the country's green economy strategy," according to an unnamed source of Trend. Norm Cement operates a 2.1Mta integrated plant in Qi... |
Cementir features on “Europe's Climate Leaders 2024" list28 May 2024, Published under Cement NewsCementir has been included in the “Europe's Climate Leaders 2024” ranking, Europe's most climate change-focussed companies, compiled by the Financial Times in collaboration with Statista, a German research company. Cementir is one of the 600 European companies that have made the most progress in reducing their Scope 1 and 2 CO 2 emissions intensity between 2017 and 2022. Other factors considered include company’s transparency on indirect Scope 3 emissions, CDP rating and participatio... |
Brookfield plant produces clinker from recycled materials28 May 2024, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Canada and Geocycle Canada ( Holcim group ) are proud to announce the completion of a pilot at the Lafarge Brookfield Cement plant in Nova Scotia, Canada, to produce high-quality clinker made of recycled minerals. The recycled materials are recovered from waste sources, which can potentially reduce CO 2 level by 60 per cent per tonne of clinker. Over the past year, Lafarge Canada , Geocycle Canada and the Holcim Group Innovation Centre have been collaborating on a 100 per cent ... |
Driving sustainability across North America28 May 2024, Published under Cement NewsA multi-faceted commitment to reduce environmental impact, optimise resources and meet rising demand has resulted in some creative and operationally impressive projects across Heidelberg Materials’ US and Canada portfolio in the last year. By Neal Parlatore and Shahid Ahmed, Heidelberg Materials North America, USA To increase the use of alternative fuels in its Edmonton plant in Canada, Heidelberg Materials built a range of equipment to facilitate the supply of alternative fuels ... |
CEMEX extends Regenera to Egypt27 May 2024, Published under Cement NewsCEMEX has signed an agreement with Gharbia Governorate to operate the first Regenera facility in Egypt. Through this agreement, CEMEX will treat more than 800tpd of municipal solid waste received to generate alternative fuels and produce compost, ensuring minimal residual waste to landfill. According to the company, this agreement supports circularity as well as the wellbeing of the governorate citizens by ensuring that all the daily collected waste is safely treated while avoiding th... |
Trials complete on pilot Electric Arc Furnace27 May 2024, Published under Cement NewsThe UK-based Materials Processing Institute has recently completed successful trials of its pilot Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) for the UKRI Cement2Zero project. The trials have been developing and testing the use of end-of-life cement as an EAF flux to produce steel, whilst also capturing the slag to produce clinker to manufacture zero-emissions cement. The trials began in September 2022 and involved 12 induction furnace trials and eight trials in the Institute’s 7t EAF. Research has sho... |
Indian cement industry embraces EV trucks24 May 2024, Published under Cement NewsThe Indian cement industry is piloting the use of EV trucks with the deployment of around 150 E-trucks as part of the country’s drive to promote green logistics. According to The Times of India, the country’s cement industry, which is home to a cement production capacity of around 670Mta, hopes that the use of E-trucks will help reduce operating costs as long as hurdles such as the higher cost of ownership and the weight of the batteries can be overcome. “Despite challenges such as hig... |