Alternative Fuel

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Responsible waste disposal

Responsible waste disposal Premium

As developing countries such as Bangladesh expand their industrial base and the population rises, increasingly larger volumes of waste are generated. For the local cement indust...

Investing for sustainability

Investing for sustainability Premium

As part of its sustainability drive, CEMEX Poland has made key improvements in dust control at its Chelm and Rudniki plants as well as advancing the use of alternative fuels by ...

Giving waste a new value

Giving waste a new value Premium

Co-processing in cement kilns helps to reduce the growing waste volumes generated today. In Mexico, Cemex’s Tepeaca plant helps to pursue a sustainable approach to waste managem...

Bamburi's burning ambitions

Bamburi's burning ambitions Premium

The challenges of burning alternative fuels and providing a sustainable future for cement production in East Africa are enormous. However, Bamburi Cement, a Lafarge subsidiary, ...

SRF - a class of its own?

SRF - a class of its own? Premium

Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF) is still classified as a waste material, not a product, despite the fact it is manufactured to a quality specification and is a resource from which en...

Successful co-processing

Successful co-processing Premium

Co-processing of wastes and other low-grade resources in cement kilns offers a partial solution to sustainability issues ranging from resource scarcity via greenhouse gas emissi...

Lafarge Cauldon leads

Lafarge Cauldon leads Premium

Close cooperation with its waste-derived fuel (WDF) provider, Sapphire Recovery, has enabled Lafarge’s Cauldon Works to avoid extensive modifications to its precalciner system t...

Lessons in wood burning

Lessons in wood burning Premium

Cemex is well known as an innovator in cement manufacture and its expertise in alternative fuel burning is particularly highly regarded. However, substituting some primary fuel ...