Cement News tagged under: tyres
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. |
Burning tyres in the desert15 October 2013, Published under Cement NewsAs part of its alternative fuels programme, Holcim México’s Hermosillo plant feeds tyre chips into its precalciner. To effectively carry out the procedure, the cement producer uses a metallic apron extractor supplied by Walter Materials Handling. By L Rieffel, Walter Materials Handling, France. Holcim Mexico’s Hermosillo plant facilitates the use of alternative fuels with the Walter Materials Handling patented metallic apron extractor to feed its precalciner with tyre chips ... |
The lifecycle of a tyre13 June 2013, Published under Cement NewsThe use of alternative fuels and raw materials is common practice in the European cement industry. In this excerpt from MVW Lechtenberg & Partner’s Alternative Fuels & Raw Materials Handbook, the company gives an overview of scrap tyres as an alternative fuel highlighting the economic value for usage in cement plants, the impact on clinker quality as well as considerations and recommendations. By Dirk Lechtenberg, MVW Lechtenberg & Partner, Germany. Whole scrap tyres in a cement plant... |