Turning the tide on plastic waste in ASEAN Premium
OPTOCE pilot projects in Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines and Cambodia have shown that cement kilns can safely co-process non-recyclable plastic waste at thermal substitution ...
Alternative Fuel
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Canada’s low-carbon alternatives Premium
Several measures support the decarbonisation of the global cement industry. In North America, Lafarge Canada is operating Low-Carbon Fuel facilities at its Brookfield and Exshaw...
Cemex to use waste fishing nets as alternative fuel
Cemex will use abandoned fishing nets to produce alternative fuel for its kilns in Panama. Cemex, the Aquatic Resources Authority of Panama (ARAP) together with Audubon Americas...
Dalmia Cements co-processes 1400t of Tiruchi plastic waste
Dalmia Cement is co-processing 1473t of plastics from Tiruchi City Corp at its Dalmiapuram plant in Tamil Nadu, India. The segregated single-use plastics, including snack packet...
Lafarge Africa inaugurates AFR platform at Mfamosing plant
Lafarge Africa Plc has launched its new alternative fuel and raw material (AFR) platform at the Mfamosing plant in Cross River State, Nigeria, aiming to replace conventional fos...
PT Amita Prakarsa Hijau to supply biomass to Indocement
PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa Tbk , through its subsidiary PT Sari Bhakti Sejati established a company with PT Amita Tamaris Lestari under the name PT Amita Prakarsa Hijau on 4...
Votorantim invests US$12m in Oural solid fuel plant
Votorantim Cementos España (VCE) plans to build a US$12m solid recovered fuel (SRF) facility in its integrated plant in Oural , Spain, according to the newspaper El Progreso. Th...
Pressure on securing alternative fuel streams to rise in the EU
The cement industry is expected to come under increased pressure to obtain valuable material for alternative fuels due to legislation in the European Union driving a shift away ...
Norm Cement to use sludge at Qizildas
Norm 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 econom...
Votorantim Cimentos opens new waste treatment unit in Itaperuçu
Brazil-based Votorantim Cimentos inaugurated its first Brazilian unit dedicated to the operations of Verdera, its sustainable waste management and disposal arms and Viter, an ag...