Cement News tagged under: recycling
Argos recycled more than 1m bags in Colombia10 February 2020, Published under Cement NewsColombia-based cement producer Argos recycled more than one million bags of cement last year, thanks to the Green Sacks Programme, which sees a more sustainable production line. “Between 2013, the start date of the programme, and 2019, we have recycled 808t of paper thanks to the return of more than five million bags, thus avoiding the cutting down of more than 8000 trees and saving about 64,000m3 of water, equivalent to 26 Olympic swimming pools,” said David Restrepo, the company’s supply... |
CRDC launches EcoConcreto product15 November 2019, Published under Cement NewsCRDC launch EcoConcreto product The Center for Regenerative Design and Collaboration (CRDC) launched its plastic-to-concrete invention 'EcoConcreto' at the Sustainable Brands Oceans Congress in Porto, Portugal. The CRDC process involves efficient upcycling of massive industrial quantities of plastic waste and enriching it into a synthetic construction aggregate that is lighter in weight and more durable than conventional concrete, claims CRDC. The CRDC product is a pre-condit... |
Vecoplan opens branch in Poland08 February 2019, Published under Cement NewsTo provide its Polish customers with even better customer care, Vecoplan, which specialises in machines and plants that crush, convey and process primary and secondary raw materials in the production and recycling cycle, has opened a branch in Warsaw, Poland. The Vecoplan Polska sp z o o team includes Maciej Kamola, who is responsible for the destruction of paper, documents and data, in-house recycling and post-consumer plastic. Ireneusz Suszyna manages Vecoplan’s domestic and commercial... |
Concrete blocks from recycled plastic gains cement producers' attention14 December 2018, Published under Cement NewsThe Center for Regenerative Design & Collaboration (CRDC) in Costa Rica has started making construction blocks from a combination of recycled plastic and limestone. The Ecoblock is made from shredded waste that has been shredded after being collected from local rivers in Costa Rica. The finished product is a resin-limestone hybrid which are 2.5.-5 per cent plastic waste and 7-16 per cent waste plastic by volume. The CRDC can produce four million blocks per month which can be used in low-c... |
Thinking outside the bag24 October 2018, Published under Cement NewsTailoring its products around its bagging and packaging is just one of the ways in which Cementos Argos is driving innovation in the cement industry, while also focussing on efficiency and the environment. By Cementos Argos, Colombia. The introduction of the 5kg bag was in response to the growing do-it-yourself trend At Cementos Argos 20.7 per cent of its total revenue comes from innovation. One of the company’s strategic goals is to be a leader through innovation, which means g... |
Qatar to increase solid waste recycling as construction waste falls17 September 2018, Published under Cement NewsQatar has set itself a target to recycle 15 per cent of solid waste generated in the country over the next four years, according to the Qatar Second National Development Strategy (NDS2). The state is making significant efforts to increase the waste recycling rate and promote environmental awareness on reducing the quantity of domestic solid waste. The generation of total solid waste (construction, domestic and others) on the country increased from 8Mt in 2008 to 12Mt in 2013. However, it de... |
Milling from the ground up20 December 2017, Published under Cement NewsLafargeHolcim Côte d’Ivoire has successfully installed ball mill No 6 at its Abidjan plant, adding 1Mta grinding capacity. This was a complex project to recycle a pre-used mill from a Spanish plant and reinstall it on a smaller footprint in west Africa. By Celine Mansuy, LafargeHolcim, Côte d’Ivoire. LafargeHolcim's ball mill No 6 is the largest horizontal ball mill operating in French-speaking Africa With 8.5 per cent GDP growth in 2016, Côte d’Ivoire is a driving force in west... |
Cementos Argos18 December 2017, Published under Cement NewsCementos Argos, along with Cemex and Holcim, is facing fines in excess of US$66m for alleged price fixing. Colombia’s trade and industry regulator believes the three companies, which together represent 96 per cent of the country’s cement market, set prices between January 2010 and December 2012. During this period, cement prices rose by almost 30 per cent against inflation of just 9.3 per cent. “Argos, Cemex and Holcim did not offer an economically reasonable or truthful explanation that ... |
UAE: Arkan testing hazardous waste recycling15 March 2017, Published under Cement NewsEmirates Global Aluminium (EGA) and Arkan have agreed a test project which will see hazardous waste material from smelting pots recycled for use as cement kiln fuel. EGA is the largest industrial unit of Mubadala Investment Company, Abu Dhabi’s strategic development conglomerate. EGA said yesterday that it would provide between 1000-3000t of the spent smelter pot inner-lining (carbon waste usually sent to landfill) to test as both fuel to fire the kiln and as refactory material to be inco... |
Raw MSW gasification at Conch Tongling Cement25 July 2016, Published under Cement NewsTo enable Conch Tongling Cement to burn a higher rate of alternative fuels, an integrated gasification system was installed and duly tested. The system converts organic or fossil fuel-derived carbonaceous materials into CO, H and CO 2 and without combustion, produces a fuel that can be used in cement production. By Yan Da-Hai, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, China, Kåre Helge Karstensen and Christian J Engelsen, Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research (SINTEF),... |