Cement News tagged under: Environmental
GCCA and FICEM accelerate Latin American progress towards net zero21 July 2022, Published under Cement NewsThe Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) and, regional affiliate, FICEM have co-hosted an event on 'Latin American cement and concrete industry – Towards Net Zero' in the Dominican Republic. The meeting highlighted the progress made in decarbonising the industry in the region and future pathways to reaching net zero concrete. Claude Loréa, executive cement director of the GCCA, commented that the association has attracted 80 per cent of the global cement industry outside of China... |
Holcim secures EU investment in CCUS projects19 July 2022, Published under Cement NewsHolcim has secured investment from the European Union Innovation Fund in its carbon capture, utlisation and storage (CCUS) projects in Germany and Poland. The funding will support Carbon2Business, part of the Westküste 100 project in Germany, where carbon is captured from the Lägerdorf cement plant before being converted into synthetic fuel. The EU is also investing in Holcim's Go4ECOPlanet project in Poland, which aims to capture CO 2 from Holcim 's site in Kujawy before storing it of... |
Holcim Argentina to set up household waste processing plant in Mendoza18 July 2022, Published under Cement NewsHolcim (Argentina) SA will set up a household waste processing plant in Las Heras, Mendoza province, Argentina, to process waste into an alternative fuel for Holcim’s cement plants. The project represents an investment of around US$10m. Commissioning is expected in 2023. Holcim currently uses on average 15 per cent alternative fuels to run its kilns in Argentina. However, in Mendoza, where Holcim has been co-processing disused tyres and industrial waste, that share falls to four per cent... |
UK scientists look to develop zero-emissions cement18 July 2022, Published under Cement NewsScientists at the University of Cambridge, UK, have been replacing lime flux with used cement paste for steel recycling. The resulting slag could, in turn, create a zero-emissions cement in a closed-loop process. ‘If the electric arc furnace [for steel recycling] is powered by non-emitting electricity, the only significant emissions in today’s steel recycling come from making the lime flux. So, with our process, it looks like we can make zero-emissions steel and zero-emissions ceme... |
Union Bridge plant to transition to EcoCem®PLC production18 July 2022, Published under Cement NewsLehigh Hanson ’s ( HeidelbergCement group) Union Bridge plant will fully transition from producing ordinary Portland cement (OPC) to EcoCem ® PLC as its primary product by no later than January 2023. The Union Bridge plant is currently the company’s largest cement plan in North America. EcoCem ® PLC is a Portland limestone cement (PLC) produced using innovative technology to increase the amount of limestone and decrease the amount of clinker used. This reduces both the energy requ... |
European Innovation Funding awarded for decarbonisation projects15 July 2022, Published under Cement NewsThe European Innovation Fund (EU Environment and Climate) has agreed funding for several cement and lime sector projects, with Holcim and Lhoist among the companies that will receive funding. Holcim Germany has received funding approval from the European Union for the Carbon2Business project in Lägerdorf in Schleswig-Holstein from the EU Innovation Fund. The funding is aimed at the construction of a new kiln line at Lägerdorf plant. With the use of oxyfuel technology, the first clima... |
Aggregate Industries and Coomtech receive grant to advance pfa plans15 July 2022, Published under Cement NewsAggregrate Industries has partnered with clean technology firm Coomtech as it creates a road map to net zero by 2030. The construction materials supplier has received a grant from the UK government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. The grant allows Aggregate Industries to use Coomtech’s innovative Kinetic Drying technology and the reclamation of pulverised fuel ash (pfa) from landfill to develop this new cement product. Using managed turbulent air, Coomtech’s Kinet... |
CEMEX to clean Nile River15 July 2022, Published under Cement NewsCEMEX has signed a three-year agreement to support waste removal efforts in Egypt’s Nile River. Some of the waste will be used as a more sustainable alternative to fossil fuels at CEMEX’s Assiut cement plant. CEMEX will be collaborating with VeryNile, an initiative supported by the Ministry of the Environment in Egypt that develops eco-friendly solutions to remove inorganic waste from the Nile River. The company will provide financial support to double the amount of waste collected... |
Krichevtsementnoshifer to obtain voluntary environmental declaration15 July 2022, Published under Cement NewsPart of the Belarusian Cement Co Group, Krichevtsementnoshifer ’s plant in the Mogilev region of Belarus plans to obtain a voluntary environmental declaration, said the company’s press service. “At the moment EPD (Environmental Product Declaration) is being registered in the international system, with a unique registration number assigned. We are talking about two brands of cement produced by the enterprise - CEM I 42.5 N and CEM I 42.5 R,” Denis Kozhevnikov, head of Krichevtsementnoshife... |
PT Cemindo Gemilang barge breaks and spills clinker15 July 2022, Published under Cement NewsA barge loaded with clinker has been severely damaged in the middle at the wharf of a cement factory owned by PT Cemindo Gemilang located in Bayah district, Lebak regency, Banten, Indonesia. The barge was loaded with about 8000m 3 of clinker and suffered a fracture in the middle of the hull after loading on 11 July 2022. As a result of the broken barge, thousands of tonnes of clinker spilled onto the Bayah coast. The barge was evacuated for rescue by the TB Johan Jaya 130 assist t... |