Cement News tagged under: Lafarge Canada
Lafarge Canada introduces ECOPact to the Canadian market09 November 2020, Published under Cement NewsFollowing its launch in Europe and the US, Lafarge Canada introduces ECOPact, an essential component of the company's strategy to advance the transition towards low-carbon and circular construction. ECOPact is sold at a range of low-carbon levels, with 30-70 per cent less carbon emissions compared to standard concrete. Future product expansion in the coming months will allow up to 100 per cent reduction in carbon emissions compared to standard concrete. Where regulatory conditions allo... |
Lafarge Canada, Geocycle Canada and Rio Tinto partner for circular economy project19 October 2020, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Canada, Geocycle Canada and Rio Tinto, North America’s only primary aluminium producer, are working together to reuse waste from the aluminium smelting process to make cement. The circular economy project aims to reduce the need to extract new raw materials and create more value from waste. Geocycle Canada, part of Lafarge Canada, and Rio Tinto have developed a new product, Alextra, made from spent pot liners that would otherwise be sent to landfill. Alextra is the result of years ... |
Lafarge Canada launches new lower-carbon fuel system24 May 2019, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Canada has launched a lower-carbon fuel system (LCF) system at its Richmond facility, with the aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and become the most carbon-efficient cement plant in the country. It will also help minimise landfill waste, specifically non-recyclable plastics that are creating a backlog for municipalities across Canada, according to a press release. The fuel handling and delivery system is expected to replace up to 50 per cent of the plant’s fossil fuel use with ... |
Lafarge Canada provides update on its two low-carbon fuel studies18 January 2018, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Canada’s kiln-fuel study in Alberta announced last week will not be the same as the tyre-burning pilot it has applied for at its Brookfield plant, reports The Chronicle Herald. The Alberta study will examine the environmental effects of introducing low-carbon fuels into its Exshaw plant and will not be completed until December 2019. "It's different processes, it won’t be the same type of process at all," said Rob Cumming, environmental director at Lafarge. Regarding the Brookf... |
Lafarge seeks approval for tyre burning plans17 November 2017, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Canada has applied for industrial approval regarding its plans to burn tyres as an alternative fuel for its Brookfield cement plant. After the successful completion of an environmental examination in July, the project also requires an industrial study from the Department of Environment. The approval will only come once the plant’s environmental impact has been fully examined. Lafarge’s plans have previously encountered resistance in the form of petitions to the government to ba... |
Nova Scotia approves tyre burning pilot07 July 2017, Published under Cement NewsThe Canadian province of Nova Scotia has approved a pilot project to burn tyres in the cement kilns of Lafarge Canada’s Brookfield plant. The province will pay the cement producer around CAD105 (US$80.87)/t to a maximum of CAD2100/day, or 20tpd, during the one-year project. However, the step has drawn the ire of environmental groups and recycling companies. Mike Chassie, the vice-president of C and D Recycling, said his Halifax firm is losing a third of its supply of about 1m tyres a... |
Lafarge Canada awards long-term charter to NovaAlgoma Cement Carriers29 June 2017, Published under Cement NewsNovaAlgoma Cement Carriers Ltd announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary NACC Shipping Canada Ltd has been awarded a long-term time charter agreement with Lafarge Canada Inc, for the provision of a modern pneumatic cement carrier early in 2018. To create the new cement carrier, a modern bulk carrier owned by NACC will be converted into a state-of the-art and energy efficient pneumatic cement carrier. The converted cement carrier will have maximum cargo deadweight in excess of 12,500t. ... |
Canada: Lafarge improving environmental impact13 September 2016, Published under Cement NewsLafarge has completed a CAD20m (US$15.3m) modernisation project at its Exshaw plant in Alberta. The works focussed on improving the plant’s environmental impact but also nearly doubled output from 1.3Mta to 2.2Mta. The retrofit was carried out on the plant’s kiln No. 5, alongside the construction of a new state-of-the-art kiln No. 6. While completing this project, which was started in 2013, one of the plant’s older kilns had to be decommissioned. Amongst the environmental measures put... |
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... |
Lafarge reaches major expansion milestone, Canada07 December 2015, Published under Cement NewsOn Monday, 30 November 84 year-old Tony Levstik returned to the control room at the Exshaw Cement Plant, decommissioning the oldest of the Plant's two production lines. Mr Levstik retired from Lafarge Canada Inc in 1994. As part of its permit to expand the Lafarge plant, the company committed to shut down Kiln 4 by November 30, 2015, allowing the company to meet emissions targets established by the provincial government. "It seemed only right that we invite Tony to shutdown the kiln. He w... |