Cement News tagged under: Alternative Fuels
Lafarge Canada set for next phase of AF project13 July 2016, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Canada is about to commence the next phase of a project to test the suitability of a variety of alternative fuels, the Kingston Whig-Standard reports. In conjunction with researchers from Queen's University, Ontario, the company has already examined the use of a number of materials, including railway ties, telephone poles, construction and demolition debris, shingles, paper sludge and coated cardboard. In the next phase, tests will be carried out with household goods, non-recyc... |
Azerbaijan: EBRD 20% LafargeHolcim investment23 June 2016, Published under Cement NewsThe European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is considering the purchase of up to a 20 per cent stake in LafargeHolcim’s cement and clinker plant in Azerbaijan. If it decides to invest, EBRD will support LafargeHolcim in improving energy efficiency through the introduction of alternative fuels. EBRD previously supported the company’s Azerbaijani plant with a EUR170m structured corporate loan in 2009, which sough to increase the plant’s production by 50 per cent. Whilst it w... |
Sweden: N+P to supply HC Miljo with Subcoal®20 June 2016, Published under Cement NewsN+P has signed a five year contract to supply HC Miljö, a Heidelberg Cement subsidiary, with Subcoal ® fuel pellets. HC Miljö, located in Sweden, will supply the Subcoal ® pellets to a number of cement kilns in northern Europ to to further substitute fossil fuels such as coal. One of HC Miljö’s tasks is to provide cement plants with alternative fuels and raw materials. N+P Group, with its head office in the Netherlands, is active in the field of producing and supplying a various portfoli... |
Spain: Cosmos to go ahead with biomass16 June 2016, Published under Cement NewsCementos Cosmos is to be allowed to burn biomass at its kiln, according to the Cordoba appeal judge dealing with the case. Cordoba municipality had said the cement producer could not fire its kiln with waste, but this decision was overruled with municipality having two weeks to carry out the judgment. |
Brazil: Sobradinho plant starts tyre collection point14 June 2016, Published under Cement NewsVotorantim Cimentos has set up a collecting point for used tyres from local rubber shops on its Sobradinho cement plant, reports Max Press Net. The company is using shredded tyres and biomass as alternative fuels to feed its cement kilns. The Sobradinho works uses up to 1800 car tyres and 750 truck tyres per day at its site, the equivalent to 36tpd. It already has the capacity to use up to 130tpd, but it still waiting for licensing to expand the volume used. The plant also uses 85tpd of... |
Future-proofing fuel management08 June 2016, Published under Cement NewsThe cement industry has been successfully embracing alternative fuels to co-fire or replace fossil fuels with many producers now achieving 80 per cent substitution or better. But bulk materials handling solutions to ensure a consistent fuel feed to the combustion process can be problematic. Saxlund International offers a fuel-processing solution that is not only reliable and efficient but also low in maintenance and cost effective. By Matt Drew, Saxlund International, UK. The cement i... |
The US AF evolution09 May 2016, Published under Cement NewsWhile alternative fuel use in the USA has risen at a significantly lower rate than its European counterpart, the increasing awareness and support for circular economy principles and alternative ways of disposing of various types of waste are resulting in an important change. This enables an increased flow of alternative fuels to the cement industry and generates a call for high-quality process engineered fuel. By Evolution Environmental Group, USA. Figure 1: linear vs circular economy... |
France: Saint-Pierre-la-Cour plant to raise alternative fuel usage05 May 2016, Published under Cement NewsLafarge is to increase its alternative fuel usage at Saint-Pierre-la-Cour, the biggest cement plant in France, reports Aggregate Research. The replacement rate of fossil fuels currently used could reach 83 per cent thanks to a new shredded solid waste recovery workshop, which was inaugurated in March 2016. Lafarge aims to be less dependent on imported products and promote local industry. In 2013 the thermal substitution rate at the cement plant was 60 per cent, up from 39 per cent in 2012.... |
Cementos Argos29 April 2016, Published under Cement NewsCementos Argos has entered into a deal with the local government of Bogotá to use 2.5m tyres as fuel in its cement production. The company’s Rioclaro works can reportedly co-process 20,000tpa of tyres, equivalent to 1.5m units. The company already uses tyres as fuel at factories across Colombia, the US and Honduras and recently pledged to boost its contribution to energy saving in Colombia by supplying excess energy from its plants to the national grid and limiting the use of its mills du... |
Lafarge inaugurates new solid waste grinding unit in France31 March 2016, Published under Cement NewsLafarge has inaugurated a new solid waste grinding facility at its Saint-Pierre-la-Cour cement works in Mayenne, France. The new unit will help the French cement producer to increase its thermal substitution rate to over 80 per cent. The company sources around 60 per cent of its waste from the Loire and Bretagne area. |