Cement News tagged under: Alternative Fuels
Paraguay: INC expects to use up 20% biofuel05 June 2015, Published under Cement NewsParaguay’s Industria Nacional del Cemento (INC) announced that subject to satisfactory analysis results, the cement producer will be including biofuel in its fuel mix. A series of tests is currently being carried out by the Engineering Faculty of the National University of Asuncíon (UNA). Jorge Méndez Cuevas, CEO of INC, said the company could substitute fuel oil with up to 20 per cent biofuel. |
Lafarge Industrial Ecology signs two agreements to manage RDF platforms in Egypt01 June 2015, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Industrial Ecology (ECOCEM) has signed two major contracts to manage and operate existing refuse-derived fuel (RDF) platforms in Suez and Qalyubeya, Egypt. In an effort to continue its efficient waste management processes, the company has signed a 10-year agreement to renovate and upgrade the platforms in Suez, and another separate 10-year agreement to manage and operate the existing platforms in Qalyubeya. Lafarge ECOCEM has already added a new production line in the Suez plat... |
Canadian commitments29 April 2015, Published under Cement NewsAs this year’s IEEE-IAS/PCA Technical Cement Industry Conference heads to Toronto, Canada, ICR speaks with Michael McSweeney, president and CEO of the Cement Association of Canada (CAC), on the industry body’s aim to promote the use of cement and concrete, and push the limits of sustainability performance. Michael McSweeney, president and CEO, Cement Association of Canada ICR: The IEEE-IAS/PCA Conference comes to Toronto in April. What do you hope the meeting will achieve f... |
Shanks secures six-year contract extension with HeidelbergCement17 April 2015, Published under Cement NewsIndustry waste-to-product business, Shanks Group plc, has secured a six-year contract extension with HeidelbergCement Group for the supply of ICOPOWER® energy pellets. Under the contract, Icopower, part of Shanks’ Solid Waste Division will supply HeidelbergCement Group with an increased volume of 54,000tpaof its ICOPOWER® energy pellets. Shanks has developed a tailored production process to make the pellets using a unique combination of sorting, drying and pelletising technology. The fuel ... |
Egypt: ACC to boost alternative fuels usage18 March 2015, Published under Cement NewsEgypt-based Arabian Cement Co (ACC) is seeking to utilise alternative energy to increase its capacity utilisation rate to 100 per cent, the company’s CEO Jose Maria Magrina told Daily News Egypt on the sidelines of the Economic Summit. The company is currently running at approximately 80 per cent of its capacity. Coal accounts for around 70 per cent of energy use, while alternative fuels represent 10 per cent including waste and biomass. Arabian Cement is currently working on the complet... |
Lafarge-Tarmac signs Cookstown waste fuels agreement10 March 2015, Published under Cement NewsThe UK's Environment Minister, Mark H Durkan, and Devendra Mody, Industrial Director of Lafarge Tarmac, on Saturday signed an agreement allowing the use of waste-derived fuels at the company's Cookstown cement works, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The plant, which employs 86 people, currently uses coal for approximately 95 per cent of its fuel source. The Prosperity Agreement will see Lafarge Tarmac substitute up to 35 per cent of its coal fuel usage with waste derived fuels and replace... |
Closing the recovery gap18 February 2015, Published under Cement NewsAs the pursuit for better waste management practices in developing countries continues by overcoming barriers and changing mindsets, Geocycle Indonesia is playing its part in closing the country’s waste recovery gap. The company’s new 160,000tpa GreenZone waste-to-fuel processing facility near Jakarta will be the largest unit of its kind in southeast Asia and add much-needed capacity to Indonesia’s industrial waste management infrastructure. By Dr Vincent Aloysius, Geocycle Indonesia. ... |
SITA to start commissioning new SRF facility, UK13 February 2015, Published under Cement NewsSITA UK is to start the commissioning process for its solid recovered (SRF) plant in Rugby to be used at Cemex UK's local cement works. The processing plant will undergo a series of commissioning tests over the next few months before starting full-scale production of the trademarked Climafuel SRF in the summer. The residual waste material arriving at the site will primarily be collected from commercial and industrial businesses across the region that would otherwise go to landfill. Once re... |
Dyckerhoff and N+P extend supply agreement09 January 2015, Published under Cement NewsN+P is to extend its cooperation with Dyckerhoff AG by securing a new order for the delivery of high-quality Subcoal® pellets. Subcoal is produced at the Qlyte facility in Delfzijl, The Netherlands. The facility produces about 65,000tpa of Subcoal®, whereby it processes around 100,000t of non-recyclable paper-plastic waste fractions which otherwise would have been sent to landfill or waste incineration. The Subcoal is used to replace lignite dust or bituminous coal at power stations, lime ... |
Hungary: Magyarország plant invests in alternative fuels storage facility30 December 2014, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Cement Magyarország opened a storage facility for waste that will be used to help fuel its plant in Királyegyháza, southwestern Hungary. The project, involving an investment of HUF700m (EUR2.2m), will be used to store plastic, rubber and industrial and farm byproducts. Lafarge Cement Magyarország employs 130 people, and reported revenues of HUF8.3bn last year. |