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Rohrdorfer Zement breaks ground on CO2 capture plant

29 February 2024, Published under Cement News

Rohrdorfer Zement is building Austria's first large-scale CO 2 recovery plant in the cement industry. Climate Protection Minister Leonore Gewessler, Provincial Councillor Markus Achleitner and Provincial Councillor Stefan Kaineder broke ground at Rohrdorfer Zement GmbH in Gmunden this week.   The plant can recover 30,000tpa of CO 2 , enabling the production of 50,000tpa of CO 2 -free cement. The plant is scheduled to go into operation in late autumn 2026.

Modifying Germany's carbon capture plans

10 March 2023, Published under Cement News

As a leading industrial nation in the EU, Germany's carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) strategy is key for the succesful reduction of European CO2 emissions. The German government has targeted net zero to be reached in 2045 and the cement sector is expected to play an important part in this drive. Progress is underway with cement industry CCUS projects at Mergelstetten and Rohrdorf featuring in the news. However, there is a concern about adequate underground storage of captured CO...

Hatschek plant to combust CO2-reduced fuels

23 December 2022, Published under Cement News

Rohrdorfer’s Hatschek cement plant  will have its rotary kiln shut down for repair work between 2 January - 12 February 2023. In addition to the annual routine maintenance at the German plant and the renewal of the refractory kiln lining, numerous improvement measures will be carried out again this year.  Rohrdorfer Group -owned Südbayerisches Portland-Zementwerk Gebr Wiesböck & Co GmbH will install a new probe for gas analysis at the kiln inlet. To further reduce false air, the k...