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EUR16m investment in Quinn SRF project

16 January 2014, Published under Cement News

Aventas Group, formerly Quinn Manufacturing Group, is to invest EUR16m in an alternative fuels project at its Quinn Cement plant in Ireland. Aventas said it is to convert the 1.4Mta Ballyconnell plant to use solid recovered fuel (SRF) so it can reduce reliance on more expensive high-quality South African coal. According to plant manager, Barry King, the project will reduce carbon emissions by about 20 per cent. Aventas Group chief executive, Paul O'Brien said: "This is the first significan...