Cement News tagged under: Lafarge Canada Inc
Lafarge Canada's Exshaw plant signs 38.5MW solar power project09 October 2023, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Canada Inc ( Holcim ) and ATCO Ltd announced that they have entered into a 12.5-year virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA). Under this agreement, Lafarge’s Exshaw cement plant will receive 100 per cent of the solar energy produced by the 38.5MW Empress Solar project, meeting 34 per cent of the plant’s power requirements through 2036. "We’re continually assessing ways we can reduce our environmental impact while actively pursuing sustainable solutions within our operations,”... |
Lafarge Canada Inc orders wind power plant for Exshaw works10 February 2022, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Canada Inc (Holcim group) has entered into a purchase power agreement (PPA) with Calgary-based electricity company, TransAlta Corp (TransAlta) for a 100GWh/year of wind power (electricity only) at Exshaw cement plant . "We are proud to have partnered with TransAlta to deliver wind energy to the Exshaw cement plant. Cement manufacturing is an energy-intensive process, and we are considering all levers available to supply our operations with power from renewable sources of ene... |
Lafarge Canada's Richmond plant completes phase II of Project CO2MENT22 January 2021, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Canada Inc (LafargeHoldim group), Svante Inc and Total SA have reached a major milestone of project CO 2 MENT , a first of its kind partnership to capture industrial levels of CO 2 emissions from a cement plant. The multi-phase project celebrates the completion of phase II, construction to have the technology to capture and filter the CO 2 from the flue gas. This is a crucial component to achieve the next stage of capturing CO 2 flow at the Lafarge Richmond cement facili... |
Lafarge to receive Metro Vancouver's residuals as alternative raw materials15 August 2017, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Canada Inc and Metro Vancouver have reached a three-year agreement that will see drinking water treatment residuals from the Seymour Capilano Filtration Plant be used as a material in cement manufacturing. The residuals are the solids removed during the drinking water filtration process, and consist of materials from the source water (sediments and naturally-occurring elements) and treatment chemicals (coagulants and polymers). They contain a chemical profile that mimics that of r... |
Canada: LafargeHolcim to shut Kamloops plant21 October 2016, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Canada announced that it will shut its plant in east Kamloops for the foreseeable future. A downturn in demand in Alberta and western Canada and a result of plunging oil prices has made the 0.2Mta works unnecessary. The shutdown is due to be completed by the end of the year and will leave just operational cement plants in British Colombia, a Lafarge plant in Richmond and Lehigh Hanson’s in Delta. Despite the plant closing, it will not be dismantled. Discussions continue on whet... |
Lafarge Canada Inc in multi-partner initiative to invest $8m in low carbon fuels06 May 2013, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Canada Inc, Natural Resources Canada, the Queen's Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy and Carbon Management Canada announced in a statement that they are joining forces and investing more than $8m to develop innovative solutions to power Lafarge Canada's cement plant in Bath, Ontario, by re-using local surplus materials as low carbon fuels. This multi-partner initiative intends to produce low emission, low carbon fuels from local supplies such as construction and demolit... |
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