Cement News tagged: Environmental
CRDC launches EcoConcreto product
CRDC 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 i...
Adelaide Brighton uses 1Mt of RDF at Birkenhead plant
Adelaide Brighton has now used 1Mt of refuse-derived fuel (RDF) at its Birkenhead facility, South Australia, diverting 2Mt of waste from landfill sites. The Premier of South Australia, Steven Marshall, and Environmental Minister, David Speirs, visited the company last week to recognise the milestone. "Through the use of this alternative fuel, Adelaide Brighton's Birkenhead plant has achiev...
Le Ciment du Sahel's quarry extension is put on hold
Residents of Bandia, a town east of Dakar, Senegal, are concerned about Le Ciment du Sahel's plans to extend its quarry by an additional 236ha, cutting into a Baobab reserve. The government has not given its final clearance for the project, following mounting local resistance, demanding the protection of the forest. Le Ciment du Sahel (CDS), has a capital of XOF13.5bn (EUR20.6m) and is owned ...
Construction on Holcim Hagerstown solar project expected to begin before end 2019
Construction on the 10MW solar project for LafargeHolcim-owned Holcim US Inc’s Hagerstown plant could commence before the end of the year, according to a project official. The Washington County Planning Commission approved the site plan, giving staff the authority to grant final approval once the last agency review is obtained. Pending final permit approvals, work is expected to start befor...
PPC opens material handling facility
PPC Ltd has opened its Port Elizabeth material handling facility in South Africa. The facility is located in Deal Party and is able to handle approximately 400tph of clinker. The new facility also has packaging equipment for cement and has a staff of 44 people. The ZAR60m (US$40.1m) facility was commissioned in August and was officially launched this week. One of PPC's 0.2Mta kiln lines at it...
Société des Ciments de Hamma Bouziane to open waste incinerator
Société des Ciments de Hamma Bouziane (Algerian Cement Industry Group - GICA) has announced its intention to build an industrial waste incinerator in the municipality of Constantine, northeast Algeria. "This project, which will be carried out in collaboration with the local environmental department, will make it possible to find common ground between the desire to further develop the cement p...
Re-Gen Waste expands alternative fuel facility
Ireland-based Re-Gen Waste has invested GBP5m to develop its alternative fuel production facility at Carnbane industrial estate, Newry. The expanded facility is expected to reach full production by next month. The company already exports 80,000tpa of solid recovered fuel (SRF) but will now manufacture higher calorific value pellets and baled material for the cement and steel industries. The...
Cembureau members look to pilot test new EC building assessment framework
Three member-companies of Cembureau, the European Cement Association, have successfully completed a pilot test of the European Commission's new building assessment framework, Level(s). Level(s) is a voluntary building assessment framework covering six broad areas: greenhouse-gas emissions, resource use, water use, healthy and comfortable spaces, resilience to climate change, and life-cycle co...
Bilfinger targets cement industry emissions reduction
Bilfinger is supporting the US-based tech firm PRTI in bringing a technology to Europe that can help cement companies reduce their emissions. "Emission standards are getting stricter in industries around the world," says Tom Blades, CEO of Bilfinger. "Bilfinger's expertise and emission reduction technologies help our customers meet these requirements in an effective and cost-efficient way." ...
Cementos Argos and Dinant Corp sign co-processing agreement
To foster the sustainability of their production processes in Honduras, Cementos Argos and Dinant Corp have signed an agreement for the disposal of post-industrial waste generated in some of Dinant’s production processes, including the plastics used in vegetable cultivation in the company’s greenhouses and in packaging of food, oils and soaps. Cementos Argos, which has an environmental permit ...
Cemex plants receive US EPA Energy Awards
Cemex announced that its cement plants in Miami and Brooksville South have been awarded the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Energy Star Certification for 2019, recognising Cemex's efforts to reduce energy efficiency and sustainability. The Miami cement plant has been recognised for nine consecutive years by the EPA and the Brooksville South plant has achieved such recognition in se...
FLSmidth urge greater efforts needed to create more sustainable cement
Per Mejnert Kristensen, FLSmidth Region president for Asia, spoke about sustainability and the role of the cement industry at the second annual Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) Conference in Singapore. "Leaders in the cement industry are fully aware of the issues concerning sustainability, but we cannot solve these issues individually. We must form closer, new partnerships and le...
GCCA launches 'Innovandi - the GCC Research Network'
The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) has today announced the formation of Innovandi - the Global Cement and Concrete Research Network (GCCRN). The network ties together the cement and concrete industry with scientific institutions to drive and support global innovation with actionable research, building on the industry's long-held commitment to ensuring a sustainable future. The...
GCCA launches Industry EPD Tool
The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) has launched its new Industry Environmental Products Tool (Version 2.0) to support the publication of environmental product declarations (EPDs) by cement and concrete producers. The new Industry Environmental Products DeclarationTool (EPDT) supports assessment of the environmental impact of cement and concrete products. Dr Andrew Minson, ...
Gas prices lowered in Egypt for cement sector
Egypt has reduced the domestic price of gas for the cement, metals and ceramic industries, said Prime Minister, Mostafa Madbouli. Gas prices will continue to be reviews, but the cement industry will have a set price of US$6/mBtu down from US$8m/Btu, while metals and ceramics will pay US$5.50/mBtu down from US$7m/Btu. Egypt has also started to link energy prices to the international market ...
CMA commits to waste management
India's Cement Manufacturers Association (CMA) has expressed its commitment towards disposal of wastes and plastics and use of alternative fuels and raw materials. Addressing the 'CONSERVE 2019' conference on alternative fuel and raw materials in the cement industry, CMA President, Mahendra Singhi, said: "The Indian cement industry has been able to use almost 75Mt of waste as a replacement of...