Vicat contracts FLSmidth for full-scale clay calcination project
Vicat has contracted FLSmidth to deliver equipment for a new project in France, which will replace clinker with an environmentally-friendly clay and cut up to 16 per cent of CO ...
Alternative fuels in cement production
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Caribbean Cement signs MoU for tyre usage
The Jamaican government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Caribbean Cement Co for the usage of end-of-life pneumatic tyres. The company will take used tyres from lan...
LafargeHolcim Carboneras increases AF use by 34% in 2020
LafargeHolcim’s Carboneras plant in Almeria, Spain, increased its use of alternative fuels by 34 per cent YoY to 80,900t in 2020. As the company reduced its consumption of fossi...
Geocycle India to process plastic waste from river clean-up
ACC and Ambuja Cement’s waste management subsidiary, Geocycle India, will be joining Rekart Innovations in removing plastic waste from the Jojari riverbed in Pipar, Jodphur, Raj...
Andusia sees RDF volumes recovering in the UK
Andusia reports that RDF volumes in the UK have started to recover after COVID-19 had restricted its availability. In March 2020 the Environment Agency said that RDF exports fel...
Cienfuegos restarts production
The Carlos Marx cement plant in Cienfuegos, Cuba, has recommenced production after being paralysed since 14 January due to a lack of petcoke. A new cargo of petcoke was reported...
The value of co-processing
This week, the European cement association, Cembureau held an open webinar on 'A circular and carbon neutral Europe: The role of co-processing'. The webinar not only looked at h...
EPA approves Mungret alternative fuel licence
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finally given the go-ahead to Irish Cement’s EUR10m plan in Mungret in Co Limerick, Ireland, to change its fuel burning practices. ...
From waste to commodity Premium
Entsorga West Virginia LLC converts municipal solid waste and commercial and industrial (C&I) non-hazardous byproduct materials into alternative, clean energy. The company has b...
Versatile AF burning Premium
The KHD PYROROTOR ® is a rotary combustion reactor that processes waste materials with inferior burning properties as alternative fuels in the cement production process. With se...